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Two million people permanently in the red

  • More than two million people are permanently overdrawn
     
  • Average worker goes into the red 27 days after payday
     
  • High penalties incurred for unauthorised overdrafts
     
  • About half those surveyed cut back on spending or curbed their lifestyle as their cash started to run out
     
  • 1 in 10 regularly dips into their savings

 

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20July 2007

 


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PricewaterhouseCoopers claims that Britons now spend almost one fifth (19%) of our disposable income paying off debts. This is even higher than at the start of the last housing crash in 1989.

When the economy is in recession it is quite difficult to get a loan even with a good idea. When the economy is booming its is easy to get a loan, even with a bad idea. It's never been easier to borrow money! Funny how banks never learn this lesson (June 2007)