BBCNEWS Breakfast June 4, 2024 06:16:00
Advantage of borrowing that money, and interest rates charged, that interest rate less operating costs is then paid back to savers as a reward for providing those deposits. so it is not quite a like for like comparison as you would describe. it is more about, as i say, balancing the amount charged to borrowers versus the amount to reward savers, very conscious that most of us are facing cost of living pressures. does it sound reasonable to you that the average rate for a two year mortgage deal is at 6.47% but the average easy access savings rate is at 2.45%? there is a difference of 4.02 perce...