Savings
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Following the Bank of Japan’s launch of negative interest rates, we answer the key questions
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A new survey points to a big problem: student debt, rent, health insurance and attending friends’ weddings are preventing young people from saving up
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A survey by consumer group Which? showed the government-owned bank 21 percentage points behind First Direct at the top of the rankings
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Weak global economy and sharp slowdown in UK growth will prevent any rise from 0.5% for at least four years, says EIU
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Could you afford to retire at 51? I can – all because I’m not ashamed to shop around and save a few pounds here and there, says Nigel Kendall
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The Federal Reserve last week raised interest rates, giving hope to Britain’s beleaguered savers
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A table-topping NS&I bond has had its returns slashed, while the banks have simply given up trying to attract savers. We look at what’s going on
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Accounts paying the lowest interest rates have been laid bare by the City watchdog
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Providers will pay 2% and 2.5% respectively, some way short of best-buy Halifax which is offering 4%
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The government’s help-to-buy Isa will give people hoping to get on the ladder a boost of up to £6,000 a couple
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Young people struggling to save for their first home are now being offered a help-to-buy Isa, which comes with a tax-free handout from the government. We pick through the details
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From the benefit cap to the Mr Micawber principle, our guide to what it all means in the chancellor’s spending review and autumn statement
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Who borrows the most from family and which country does the most online shopping? Turn your sound up to hear the introduction to the map
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Early episodes of the radio soap were written and recorded at Rush Farm, Worcestershire. Now its owners are offering investors a chance to buy shares in the farm and business park
What’s best for savers who’ve lost £160bn of interest in seven years?