Articles, tagged with "food and fuel", page 4

Payday loans on the rise as credit crisis continues

The number of people being forced to take out high interest, short-term loans has risen by more than 130 per cent since August 2007; a figure which analysts say is evidence that the effects of the global credit crunch are showing no signs of easing. Sh... Read >
Author: Daniel Collins

7 Secret Tips to Beat Inflation and Save Money

Introduction Unless you have been living on Mars for the last year or so, you would know that the days of cheap plentiful oil are well and truly over. At this time of writing, each barrel of oil is being sold at nearly US$150, a price no one would have p... Read >
Author: Kum Cheong

Mortgage Lenders and First-Time Buyers Stall While the Market Worsens

The mortgage market has hit something of a standstill and it is having knock on effects. Patrick Collinson and Rupert Jones said it best when writing for the Guardian: "Britain's mortgage market appears to be in meltdown, with first-time buyers going on s... Read >
Author: Sarah Othman

2 Times as Many People Take Out Costly Loans

Recently published figures have revealed that there are two times as many people taking out expensive loans as there were 9 months ago. Moneysupermarket.com released the new statistics and has said that the number of loans made by people to tide them over... Read >
Author: Sarah Othman

Secured Loans Being Used To Pay School Fees

Homeowners in need of extra cash often turn to secured loans in order to meet their funding needs. Typically this money has been used for home improvements or the purchase of a new car, but recent statistics show that more people have started to take out ... Read >
Author: Danielle Fletcher

Loans for bad credit: Your bad credit history becomes a thing of past

Consumers have been driven nuts over the never-ending inflation currently sweeping the world. The globe, it seems to be in the grips of one financial crisis after another and commoners are in its grip. UK is not an exception to this trend and as one of th... Read >
Author: William

Is A Debt Management Plan For You?

Rising food and fuel prices are making many more people struggle to pay their debts so don't worry you're not alone. Are you one of the many thousands of people with too much month left at the end of the money? Does this situation sound like you? Payi... Read >
Author: Karl Guevara

A Guide To The Current Employment Market For Employers

It appears as if forecasts made just before the end of 2007 have been right, the existing state of the British economy has many natives of the UK feeling the financial worry. ‘The consequences of not dealing with your money properly can be devastating'... Read >
Author: chelsea butterworth

Inflation deflates rate expectations.

Inflation is something that attacks affordability. At the moment, consumers are finding in particular that food and fuel is less affordable. Charged with the task of keeping price rises under control, the Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) ... Read >
Author: Assetz UK

Base Rate Remains Unchanged

The Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) has decided not to change the base rate of interest for the second month running, it currently stands at five per cent. The MPC has made 6 decisions on the interest rates so far this year, 4 of whic... Read >
Author: ARouse

Consumers Feafull Of Rising Inflation

A new nationwide consumer poll from Lloyds TSB has suggested that concerns about food, fuel and energy costs are driving expectations of high inflation in the year to come. The consumer barometer identified that average expectations for inflation in th... Read >
Author: ARouse

Sales Of Life Insurance Products On The Increase

Across the world, financial markets have suffered due to the American credit crunch. Products have been withdrawn from the mortgage and loan markets and eligibility criteria for other products have been tightened. More and more people have found it diffi... Read >
Author: Danielle Fletcher

Banking on change

While it may not be wise to pre-empt the minutes of the Bank of England monetary policy committee's meeting on interest rates this month, it appears not to have been such a good few weeks for those keen to see the property market picking up again. First... Read >
Author: Assetz UK

Now for the long term

The short-term prospects for the property industry may not appear too hot just now. Agent confidence is low, as shown by the Hot Property agents' index, which shows the number of estate agents more confident about the market now than they were in March at... Read >
Author: Assetz UK

How fast will rate fall?

As interest rate decisions go, today's verdict by the Bank of England monetary policy committee (MPC) was perhaps the most widely predicted for some time. In the last week, an Adfero poll of seven economists and a Reuters survey of 60 both produced unanim... Read >
Author: Assetz UK

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