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May, 2010

• OECD: household debt more than 120% of disposable income [28/05/2010]
  According to the OECD`s (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development`s) Factbook 2010 - `an annual digest of economic, social and
• Petrol price falls help people in debt [27/05/2010]
  Supermarkets are engaged in a `petrol price war` - in some cases cutting prices more than once in a single
• Amount of mortgage debt taken on at lowest level in ten years [24/05/2010]
  According to figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), the amount of (gross) mortgage debt taken on during April
• Northern Ireland sees significant IVA rise [18/05/2010]
  The number of IVAs entered by residents of Northern Ireland significantly increased in the first quarter (Q1) of 2010, according
• Overdraft debt `becoming more expensive` [18/05/2010]
  The average interest rate on authorised overdraft debt is higher than it has been for ten years, according to research
• School focuses on "curing Ireland`s debt disease" [18/05/2010]
  An all-girls school in Ireland has started encouraging its pupils to save - by putting money in their school credit
• Debt: lending to fall this year [18/05/2010]
  In 2011, we can expect to see an increase in the amount of debt that people are taking on -
• Debt consolidation - time to check [06/05/2010]
  People who consolidated their credit card debts at the start of 2009 could well be coming up to the end
• Offset mortgages could give more protection against debt than ISAs [05/05/2010]
  Homeowners who place their savings in a mortgage `offset` account could be significantly better off over time than cash ISA
• Growth of debt slows down in March [04/05/2010]
  In March, the total amount of personal debt in the UK grew - but by a fair bit less than

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