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Savings rates: One in five think they have risen in the last year

We may be a year on from the deepest Bank of England base rate cuts on record, but only a third of Britons know that savings rates have fallen since then, and more than a fifth believe they have actually gone up. Despite two cuts on 11 and 19 March which took the base rate to an all-time low of 0.1 per cent, the survey of around 4,600 people by the Bank of England found 22 per cent said rates on mortgages, bank loans and savings had increased over the last 12 months. The latest inflation attitudes survey, run in partnership with Kantar, was carried out in the first two weeks of February. 

What has happened to mortgage and saving rates since the base rate cut?

A year on from the first base rate cut: Why have fixed mortgage rates inched higher and saving deals fallen drastically? The Bank of England cut the base rate twice in 8 days last March in a drastic step  Since then, savings rates have tumbled but mortgage rates have not  Deals popular with first-time buyers have actually gone up in some cases Big banks profits have plummeted as they had to set aside billions to cover bad loans and they have seen their margins squeezed by the base rate cut   

New NS&I green bonds likely won t pay savers best buy rates

The Treasury s much anticipated green savings bonds could be a major disappointment for rate-starved savers, according to experts. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced in the Budget that everyday Britons would be able to help fund the country s green recovery from the pandemic through bonds offered by National Savings & Investments. Details remain thin on the ground beyond the fact the bonds will be launched this summer, but figures from the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast NS&I is set to raise just £6billion from savers in 2021-22, down from £20billion this financial year. NS&I will launch new green savings bonds this summer, the Treasury said today 

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