Does auto-enrolment increase debt?

Nest Insight research examines how AE affects the borrowing behaviour of households

Jonathan Stapleton
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Does auto-enrolment increase debt?

Auto-enrolment (AE) impacts people’s finances beyond pension savings, boosting credit scores but also slightly increasing borrowing, Nest Insight research finds.

The preliminary research - part of work Nest Insight has done with the University of Nottingham and Experian to generate a new dataset that matches up people's pension and credit records - found th...

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