The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has today revealed that the unemployment rate in its member countries has crept up from 8.5% in July to 8.6% in August, up from 6.3% in August 2008. The OECD, which includes 30 territories such as the US, Australia, Japan, Canada, New Zealand and European countries, is [...]
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) warned today that in spite of signs of recovery in major economies, the global recession could mean 25 million people will lose their jobs. The news comes after the Office for National Statistics (ONS) today revealed that unemployment in the UK grew by 210,000 to 2.47 million [...]
Minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting have revealed that policymakers are optimistic that the US downturn is coming to an end. However, the minutes did say that the economy is “likely to recover only slowly during the second half of this year and all saw it as still vulnerable to adverse shocks.” Furthermore, policymakers [...]
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said the global recession is ending faster than originally thought and expects the US and the euro zone to exit recession in the third quarter. However, the news was not so positive for the UK with the organisation predicting that the economy will contract by 4.7% this [...]
The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) is calling on the UK Government to take control of the UK’s spiralling debt. The OECD also said that restoring the flow of lending to the economy is an urgent priority – even if it meant nationalising more banks. The warning from the organisation comes as the [...]
Governments worldwide must continue to take action on pensions or risk a decades-long global pensions crisis, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) warned this week. The OECD said new economic concerns created by the credit crunch must not deter governments from pursuing pensions reforms. Dealing with short-term challenges by postponing reforms would prove [...]
According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the economic outlook for the world’s major economies is looking brighter after indications revealed the downturn may have finally bottomed out. The composite leading indicators (CLI) index for the 30 countries in the OECD gained 0.5 points in April to 93.2, up from 92.7 in [...]
According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Britain is heading for the worst economic downturn since the end of the Second World War, and the organisation has drastically cut forecasts as the signs for recovery are poor. The OECD forecasts are that UK GDP would fall by 3.7 percent by the end [...]
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is warning that the UK will face a severe economic downturn next year. The organisation, which is based in Paris, is forecasting that economic output in the UK will fall more than any other developed country. Economic output is predicted to decline by 1.1% in the UK [...]
Official figures show that the eurozone has fallen into recession after the economy contracted by 0.2% in the third quarter. This follows a 0.2% contraction in the previous quarter from April to June. Economists say the news is no surprise after it was announced yesterday that Germany, which is Europe’s largest economy, is now in [...]
Phone fraudsters stealing bank card pins
Fraudsters using a phone scam to trick bank card holders into revealing their pin numbers stole £750,000 in the first four months of this year. This is the same amount stolen through this scam in the whole of last year. The fraudster telephones a bank customer, often someone elderly or vulnerable, telling them that their [...]
FSA rules out ban on interest-only mortgages
Speculation that the Financial Services Authority would ban interest-only mortgages as part of its Mortgage Market Review has proved to be unfounded. However, lenders will be required to monitor the performance of the investment product taken out by the customer to repay the mortgage at the end of its term. Investments are performing poorly because [...]
Bank of England may end free in-credit banking
A director of the Bank of England has warned that official intervention could be considered to end the ‘dangerous myth of free in-credit banking’. Andrew Bailey has already spoken out against free banking in relation to the mis-selling of financial products. In a speech made available to media, he reiterated his concern, saying that it [...]
Bank of England votes against more economic stimulus
The Bank of England voted against a further round of quantitative easing, at its latest Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting. Just one member, David Miles, voted for further asset purchase to encourage growth in the UK economy, while the other eight members voted to keep the Bank’s quantitative easing programme steady at £325bn. The minutes [...]
Catalogue debt growing says helpline
Calls from people concerned about their debts with mail order catalogues accounted for more than 12 per cent of all calls received by National Debtline last year, compared with just 8 per cent in 2007. More people were concerned about catalogue debt than about payday loans, mortgage or rent, according to the Money Advice Trust [...]
Homeserve faces mis-selling investigation
HomeServe, which provides emergency insurance cover and domestic repairs to households in the UK, is to be investigated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). Issues over the possible mis-selling of household emergency policies were uncovered last October during an internal review at the Walsall-based company. Homeserve’s call centre staff were found to be selling ‘Complete [...]
OFT warns Wonga over debt collection methods
Payday loan company Wonga used aggressive and misleading methods to collect debts from customers, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has found. Wonga sent letter and emails to certain customers suggesting they had committed fraud and threatening to report them to the police if they did not act in the way Wonga suggested. The company [...]
NS&I re-launches investment account
National Savings & Investments (NS&I) has re-launched its Investment Account at a higher interest rate than it previously offered. The account now offers 0.75 per cent before tax, compared with between 0.2 and 0.3 per cent previously, depending on the account balance. Deposits and withdrawals on the account can no longer be made at Post [...]
Rightmove reports property downsizing trend
Two in five property owners planning to sell in the next year are planning to ‘trade down’, compared with one in four who plan to ‘trade up’. A survey by property website Rightmove found that moving to a smaller home is the main reason for moving in nine out of the ten regions in the [...]
More people failing to save for retirement
The proportion of people with no pension savings has grown from 20 per cent to 22 per cent over the past year, according to Scottish Widows’ latest survey. The pension provider surveyed 5,200 adults in the UK, aged 30 or over, and earning at least £10,000 a year, for its annual review of pensions. Ian [...]
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