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Inflation eating into the value of savings
Inflation still outpaces nearly all available deposit rates. Source: ONS, Bank of England At the end of September, the US bank, Goldman...
Unmarried couples lack the rights of married couples
Two recent events have shone different lights on the government’s view of unmarried couples. Graph: Marriage Rates in England and Wales...
A Question of Equilibrium
"Sellers were out in force on the market today after negative news on the economy.” It’s a common line in TV finance reports. But have...
The record S&P 500 bull run
The US stock market set a new record for the longest-ever bull market in August. S&P 500 Index Performance Wednesday 22 August 2018 saw...
Student loan interest rates increase
The rates charged on student loans rose at the start of September. The revised terms for interest on, and repayment of, student loans...
Record inheritance tax revenues ahead of simplification review
2017/18 produced record inheritance tax (IHT) receipts according to HMRC data published in July. The latest release of the annual...
Interest rates for the Eurozone and US diverge
Important interest rate announcements were made in June, both in the UK and the US. The US Federal Reserve announced its seventh 0.25%...
A savings tax review
The way savings are taxed is being reviewed by the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS). The OTS is looking at the way in which savings and...
Interest rate rises prove hard to predict
The Bank of England did not raise interest rates in May, despite earlier suggestions that it would. About four years ago a member of the...
Pension transfers sky-rocket
Transfers out of private sector final salaries boomed in 2017. There was a dramatic increase in the value of number of transfers out of...
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