Growth in consumer credit gathers pace

Story date: 2007-10-29 12:07:00
Added on: 2007-10-29 15:00:18

Financial Times - Effective interest rates for borrowers taking out a new fixed-rate mortgage rose 15 basis points in September, and the spread between standard two-year fixed mortgage rates and two-year swap rates widened. “It is not clear, however, the extent to ...


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