Governor of the Bank of England wants to strangle take home pay

Facing rising inflation a pay restraint and a tightening of take home pay has been advised by Mervyn King the Governor of the Bank of England. Due to higher commodity and energy prices in upcoming months, rises in inflations in the UK economy are almost unavoidable. Before falling sharply in 2012, he predicts in 2011, [...]

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Half the country can not meet debts, official

Even though the general economy is showing definite signs of recovery from the recession, over half of the British population is still struggling to make ends meet, according to the annual survey taken by NMG Consulting.  The survey, taken for the Bank of England, reported that 51% of the heads-of-households questioned said they were having [...]

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Banking costs highest ever

Banks and building societies are charging their customers more and more, according to findings from the Bank of England. Customers, on average, are being charged at a rate of 19.1 per cent.

The Bank of England has said that these are the highest rates that have been seen since records were first taken back in 1995. [...]

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Low interest rate not helping lower mortgage principle

When the Bank of England reduced interest rates to .5% over a year ago, the move was made to give home owners some spare cash from the new lower mortgage payments.  It also was thought that the spare cash could be used to make larger payments on home loans.

However, Capital Economics economist, Roger Bootle, stated [...]

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