Record-low savings ratio 'paints misleading picture' - research

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UK households have not stopped saving to go on a debt-fuelled consumer spending spree, according to research from Royal London, despite official figures revealing the savings ratio is at a record-low.

The insurer's paper Has Britain really stopped saving? casts doubt on the meaning of the data supplied by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) earlier this year, and cautioned against policymak...

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