With inflation rising in recent months, hitting its highest level in more three years at 2.3% in February and remaining flat at 2.3% in March, this means that in real terms, taking into account low wages growth and little to no growth on savings held in banks and building societies, people are worse off month after month than they have been for many years.
We are all aware that interest rates offered to savers have been low to zero in the UK as well as across Europe for years now, but that didn’t matter as much all the while inflation was at zero or negative percent, but this is now a worry as the effect of inflation means that the buying power of the cash people have is steadily decreasing.
Arguably, many savers with decent pots should invest some of their money over and above a rainy day (contingency) fund, and savers are missing out on the potential for better returns by not doing so, however, they are also avoiding the chance of losing money if markets fall. But the savvy savers are realising that nowadays they have to accept some risk if they are going protect their money against growing inflation that will diminish the real value of their savings.
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