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...JPMorgan set aside less than analysts anticipated for loan losses....
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...Meanwhile, Kent county council, which is in deepening financial trouble, put its 200-year-old county hall in Maidstone, Sessions House, up for sale late last year....
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...In the US, according to numbers from the Federal Trade Commission, there were nearly 26,000 reported cases of abuse of advance-fee loans last year, costing victims nearly $75mn....
...Moreover, many American debtors are paying fixed rates and won’t get hit by hikes until they need to refinance their loans....
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...Americans have run through their savings and are falling behind on their loans....
...Growth and employment remain strong — so strong, in fact, that expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts are being pushed further into the future....
...US inflationary pressures are expected to have eased slightly in February, a development that would be welcomed by the Federal Reserve as it evaluates when to begin cutting interest rates this year....
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...The payment methods are gaining in popularity as US household savings fall below levels recorded before they were boosted by government stimulus during the Covid-19 pandemic....
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...For borrowers, the savings can be substantial....
...First, the rise of fixed-rate loans — and pandemic savings — have stunted the impact of rate rises....
...This was partly due to perceived deposit excess, which banks struggled to parlay into loans or investments....
...Created as an alternative to payday loans, it offers a £10,000 loan repayable over 18 months at a representative annual percentage rate (APR) of 79.5 per cent....
...The result has been record low loss rates on loans by the banks. They have been warning that these savings have been steadily dropping and loan losses rising....
...Elevated carrying costs will soon eat into savings....
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