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Thursday, 5 July 2007
Debt costs 'reach record levels'
The burden of paying off household debts has reached record levels, a leading firm of accountants has said.
PricewaterhouseCoopers says repaying money borrowed, and the interest on it, now takes up 19% of the average UK household's disposable income.
That is more than the previous peak of the domestic debt burden, which was 18% of household income in late 1990.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers says repaying money borrowed, and the interest on it, now takes up 19% of the average UK household's disposable income.
That is more than the previous peak of the domestic debt burden, which was 18% of household income in late 1990.
more ...
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Check out the rest of this blog here.
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