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What might negative interest rates mean for UK banking services?

Women鈥檚 finances have been hit by the Covid crisis, but how do we fix it? What might negative interest rates mean for UK consumers? And the psychology behind spending and saving.

Fancy earning interest on a 拢10,000 loan? We鈥檒l find out about what negative interest rates mean for consumers in Denmark and what might happen if they were introduced here. Felicity Hannah talks to Niels Arne Dam, Chief Economist at Finance Denmark and Paul Pester, former CEO of TSB and currently the chair of research and ratings agency Fairer Finance.

Women鈥檚 finances have been hit harder than men鈥檚 by the Covid crisis, so could that risk a widening wealth gap and how do we fix it? Maike Currie, investment director at Fidelity Investments and Professor Annamaria Lusardi, head of the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center at The George Washington University School of Business have some ideas.

And, if you鈥檙e eating too much chocolate this weekend then you鈥檙e not alone! But can that tell us anything about how you plan your pension, your investments, your savings? Or does it just mean you like chocolate? Felicity talks to Dr Pragya Agarwal, a behavioural data scientist and Claire Walsh, a chartered financial planner.

Researcher: Jonelle Awomoyi
Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples
Sound Engineer: Graham Puddifoot
Producer: Ben Carter
Editor: Emma Rippon

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Sun 4 Apr 2021 21:00

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