{"id":338,"date":"2019-01-13T07:01:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-13T07:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/finance2news\/?p=338"},"modified":"2019-01-13T07:01:52","modified_gmt":"2019-01-13T07:01:52","slug":"six-steps-to-stop-the-inflation-monster-eating-your-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/?p=338","title":{"rendered":"Six steps to stop the inflation monster eating your money"},"content":{"rendered":"

The highest inflation rate for more than five years \u2013 at 3 per cent \u2013 is turning another screw on already squeezed family budgets.<\/p>\n

With average pay rises at just 2.2 per cent it means householder spending power is falling behind.<\/p>\n

The pressure will mount further on living standards if the first Bank of England base rate rise for a decade is applied next month, as predicted.<\/p>\n

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A pound is now worth less than a third of its 1983 value at 31p<\/p>\n

Inflation is the \u2018silent threat\u2019 that eats away at the real value of cash over time. It means the new 12-sided one pound coin is now worth less than a third of its 1983 \u2018round\u2019 design predecessor.<\/p>\n

Alistair McQueen, head of savings and retirement at insurer Aviva, says: \u2018One pound now has a relative purchasing power of only 31 pence.\u2019<\/p>\n

Follow our six-step plan to beating the impact of inflation:\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The average easy access account pays just 0.42 per cent \u2013 seven times less than the new 3 per cent inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Prices Index. Some children\u2019s accounts and interest-paying current accounts beat inflation, such as Nationwide Building Society\u2019s at 5 per cent on balances of \u00a32,500 (for a year only).<\/p>\n

Anna Bowes, of research website Savings Champion, says: \u2018There is no need for savers to put up with average rates. Someone switching \u00a310,000 to the best paying savings rate from RCI Bank\u2019s Freedom Account paying 1.3 per cent should earn \u00a3130 a year rather than just \u00a342 from the average account.\u2019<\/p>\n

Index-linked savings certificates from National Savings & Investments have been a popular way to inflation-proof savings. These pay 0.01 per cent plus the more rarely used but higher inflation measure of the Retail Prices Index \u2013 currently 3.9 per cent.<\/p>\n

The certificates are not available to new savers but millions of existing holders have the option to roll over certificates on maturity. Laith Khalaf, of broker Hargreaves Lansdown, says: \u2018It is a no-brainer to hang on to them.\u2019<\/p>\n

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