Low interest rates depress savers
11 September 2009
London – The last seven months have seen unprecedented low rates of interest, which are great for borrowers but make life hard for savers. Datamonitor’s Financial Services Consumer Insight survey revealed a trend of consumers wanting to shift their savings from long-term to short-term easy access, but this makes it even harder to find strong returns.
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