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America has gone from having record savings to record debt in just two years. It is a country of credit cards, says NPR public radio.more

Thanks to the lowest exchange rate of the Czech koruna against the zloty, purchases in Poland are the cheapest for Czechs since 1995. This applies not only to individual purchases, which are further encouraged by Poland's zero VAT on some food products, but also to institutional importers.more

The British Defense Ministry will receive an additional £5 billion over the next two years, with a longer-term goal of increasing defense spending to 2.5 percent of GDP, the British government announced yesterday evening.more

President Joe Biden said Sunday that at his direction US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and his top economic adviser Lael Brainard worked with financial regulators to ensure households and businesses affected by the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failures could access their deposits, and he promised to hold those responsible accountable.more

Young homeowners are most likely to be financially stretched as a result of higher mortgage rates, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said. more

Poles feel the increases more strongly than the inflation data shows. Chemistry is the king of high prices, informs today's "Rzeczpospolita".more

Survey lays bare precarious state of local finances and increasingly ‘desperate’ measures planned in many areas.more

Half a million more working women are paid below the real living wage than their male counterparts, according to data from the Living Wage Foundation. It says women have been harder hit by the cost of living crisis because they tend to earn less.more

Annual house price growth stood at 2.1% in February for the third month in a row, according to an index. Across the UK, property values increased by 1.1% month on month in February, accelerating from 0.2% growth in January, Halifax said.more

The British manufacturer of luxury and high-performance cars Aston Martin saw its share value rise 24.66% on the London Stock Exchange on Monday.more

Commuters are facing fresh travel chaos over Easter after rail workers and Tube drivers voted to stage further strikes over next month and April amid an ongoing row over pay.more

The chancellor is expected to extend the Energy Price Guarantee at current levels for a further three months, the BBC understands. Typical household energy bills were scheduled to rise to £3,000 a year from April, but calls have been made for the government to retain its current level of support so they stay at £2,500.more

All-inclusive rents are rising up the list of priorities among people searching for somewhere to live, according to property portal Rightmove. The phrase "bills included" is second on the list of search terms, having been fourth a year earlier, reflecting the pressure of surging prices.more

Black taxi fares are to rise by 7.6 per cent – including at night, in a bid to ensure there are enough cabs available to help women get home safely. Transport for London has refused a request from the cab trade to hike fares by 11.6 per cent – closer to the rate of inflation – but also rejected a wish from passengers for a fares freeze.more

Inflation will begin to fall to more manageable levels by the end of this year, the Bank of England has predicted. In a report published on Thursday, the Bank of England (BoE) said it expects inflation to fall from 10.1% in January to around 4% by the end of this year.more

Ministers have warned energy firms that they must pass on the benefits of lower wholesale prices to consumers, amid concern that bills could rise this spring. more

Pret A Manger will give staff their third pay rise in 12 months, following other firms in boosting wages during a labour shortage. more

Inflation in the Netherlands is on the rise again after months of declines. According to the European harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP), it stood at 8.9 percent in February this year. - the Netherlands Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reported today.more

European tables now depend on supplies from Spain and Morocco, and there the onslaught of winter has brought disaster to the crops; hence the empty shelves and horrendous vegetable prices, with high energy prices doing their part, "Rzeczpospolita" reports today.more

The owner of British Airways is poised to bank hundreds of millions of pounds owed to passengers after they failed to rebook flights cancelled during Covid. Customers have until September to use €911m (£800m) of "IOUs" issued during the pandemic by IAG, the FTSE 100 airlines group that also includes Aer Lingus, Iberia and Vueling – with any unclaimed money then written off.more

Thirty-eight percent of surveyed Poles are systematically saving, according to the survey "Poles' Own Wallet: saving time." More than five months' wages were accumulated by 28 percent of those who are building a financial cushion, it added.more

UK house prices fell by 1.1% in the year to February, as higher mortgage rates and living costs made homes less affordable. more

The number of people sleeping rough in England rose by more than a quarter last year, official statistics suggest. On a single night in autumn, 3,069 people slept outside, 26% more than in 2021, says the Department of Levelling Up, Communities and Housing. more

Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is once again the world's richest man, Bloomberg reports. Musk lost his title as the world's richest man last December.more

Rising milk, egg and margarine prices have contributed to a record increase in the cost of food and drink in shops, research suggests. more