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Old 19-01-22, 05:51 PM   #10353
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Default Re: Gripe of the day - What is yours?

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Originally Posted by Seeker View Post
The good old days?

2022 inflation 5.4%, interest rates 0.25%

1979 (the year Thatcher started her attack on the north) inflation 13.4%, interest rates 17%.

I had just bought my first house, a new 1 bedroom terrace in Stamford for £7750, as a Cpl in the RAF I was paid approx £7100/yr. We had it easy back then.
Not sure what to make of that, are you saying the house buying was good ?
But the inflation and interest rates can't have been good !
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