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And from a cost—of—living perspective. there's a relatively smaller percentage that are looking for returns. and we really believe in transparency and fairness and we've got products similar to alison and ian that can provide 4%, 5% returns for those customers. and it's all about transparency and choice and access that we really focus on for them. so, is this anything new? let's find out from someone who's been running the numbers on how interest rates are passed on to savers in the united states over the last 30 years. matthew plosser from the federal reserve bank of new york, a real plea...

Worry about from a mortgage and from a cost—of—living perspective. there's a relatively smaller percentage that are looking for returns. and we really believe in transparency and fairness, and we've got products similar to alison and ian that can provide 4%, 5% returns for those customers. and it's all about transparency and choice and access that we really focus on for them. so, is this anything new? let's find out from someone who's been running the numbers on how interest rates are passed on to savers in the united states over the last 30 years. matthew plosser, from the federal reserve...

Matthew, you've been looking at how banks pass rate rises or falls onto their customers over the last, what, three decades? is this anything new, that when rates go up, borrowers have to pay more, but savers really don't benefit? well, the pattern of having saving rates trail interest rates has been true for quite some time. mm. what's been kind of interesting is, since the financial crisis, it's been even slower than we had seen prior to that. and so one thing we've been looking at is trying to understand perhaps why that was the case and whether or not we would expect the traditional relatio...

The move was widely expected, the reserve bank of australia saying it is expect more rate rises would be required in coming months, this is all about trying to tame iron patient, a problem in many countries around the world, despite the increased cost of living australia is yet to see a noticeable fall in household spending, which is interesting. rates have gone up in australia again today. they say cash is king but that's not on the minds of the bank of england and the treasury. they are teaming up to create a state—backed digital pound that could be launched later this decade. both institu...

But with expectations that interest rates are close to their peak, mortgage brokers say more and more customers are looking at variable rate mortgages — rather than fixed rate — to benefit from falling rates. with a fixed rate mortgage, - you could lock in for a two—year, a five—year, a ten—year. obviously, the benefit of locking in for longer is that you know- exactly what you're monthly payments are going to be — the downside can be, _ if the market rates come down — | so if interest rates come down —| you might actually be overpaying versus the base rate or the interest rate...