Are Treasury bill yields better than easy-access savings rates? The one-month Treasury bill yield beat the best easy-access savings accounts at times throughout the last year. But at other times it fell behind, or there was nothing in it. When assessing Treasury bills versus savings accounts,...
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and from more public investment throughout the parliament — will more than offset the costs. These costs include higher debt servicing costs but also, according to the OBR, higher inflation and higher interest rates than we'd otherwise have seen. A lot hinges on how well ...
Despite investment losses, discount rates increased for the first time since April, as tracked by Milliman. Rates increased to 5.31% in October from 4.96% in September. This was a result of the 10-year Treasury rising 47 basis points, while interest rates to value pension liabilities increased...
Written reply to Parliamentary Question on Treasury bills Mr Leong Mun Wai, NCMP – Monetary Authority of Singapore Question: To ask the Prime Minister what are the main reasons for 6-month and 1-year Treasury bills issued by the Government to bear higher interest rates than fixed deposits of...
Sources: Bank Rate, Treasury Bill Rate and Yield on Consols: Dimsdale (1981) Real interest rates: Chadha and Dimsdale (1999). Table 2. Exchange Rates (1929 = 100) Notes: Average exchange rate is weighted by shares of world trade in manufactures. Source: Dimsdale (1981). ...
“When countries have elevated debt levels, when interest rates are high, when growth is OK but not great, there is a risk that things could escalate or get out of control quickly,” he said. “Most countries have important needs when it comes to spending, whether it’s ...
Moneyfacts, in a new update, put average savings rates (based on £10k gross) at: The average one-year fixed savings rate today is 5.35%; The average easy access savings rate is 3.19%; The average one-year fixed ...
Dubai’s biggest bank by assets, and majority owned by the Government of Dubai, had further mixed results, posting an 8.0% hike in net interest income but a 15.0% fall in non-funded income; earlier in the year, when talk was on the unwinding of the high interest rates, the bank had ...