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Article content LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England warned Wednesday that households across the U.K. are facing increasing problems from the sharp increase in interest rates but found that the country’s biggest banks are resilient enough to…

Chicago, July 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), historically known as food stamps, has undergone recent changes, including the end of COVID relief benefits across the U.S. in March. The…

In light of climate change and the impending transition to clean energy, many long-standing programs to address energy insecurity need to be refreshed. A new paper published online in the journal Health Affairs provides growing…

Goods and Services Tax (GST) has acted as an engine for driving domestic consumption and helped households save on monthly bills since its implementation six years ago, the government said on Friday..Giving a comparison of the tax rates of…

National Australia Bank says the strong labour market is shielding mortgage customers from the full effect of rapid interest rate rises, after it contacted more than half a million customers and found only 14 of them needed financial…

53% of Arab households are at risk of poverty, according to a report published by the Central Bureau of Statistics today on the gap between Jewish and Arab households in Israel. The risk of poverty among Jewish households…

Jeremy Hunt, UK chancellor, has ruled out giving any direct fiscal support to households struggling with soaring mortgage costs, even though the issue could hit Conservative prospects in the run-up to the next general election.Hunt…

UK households that come to the end of fixed-rate mortgage deals next year face an average £2,900 increase in annual payments, putting Rishi Sunak under pressure to defuse an election-year time bomb.The estimated increase in payments…

More than 1.7mn UK households waited “too long” to receive financial support during last year’s energy crisis because of limited government “bandwidth”, an influential cross-party group of MPs has found. In a report published on…