http://www.ronanlyons.com/2009/06/12/property-a-shining-example-of-never-a-better-time-to-save/ Irish Economy | World Economy | Property Market | Economic Analysis | Ronan Lyons Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:32:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ronanlyons.com/2009/06/12/property-a-shining-example-of-never-a-better-time-to-save/comment-page-1/#comment-408 To buy or not to buy… - Smart Taxes Network Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:53:36 +0000 http://www.ronanlyons.com/?p=598#comment-408 [...] Sometimes, it’s easy to forget - when you see interest rates of just 2% or so on your savings that the real return on savings can be quite high. Even with zero interest rates - as people often have in their current accounts, it may actually be the case that there’s “never been a better time to save”! Earlier this week the latest CPI figures were released, showing an annual fall in prices of almost 5%, as discussed by Karl Whelan on the Irish Economy blog. Link to article [...] [...] Sometimes, it’s easy to forget – when you see interest rates of just 2% or so on your savings that the real return on savings can be quite high. Even with zero interest rates – as people often have in their current accounts, it may actually be the case that there’s “never been a better time to save”! Earlier this week the latest CPI figures were released, showing an annual fall in prices of almost 5%, as discussed by Karl Whelan on the Irish Economy blog. Link to article [...]

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