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The bond terms are typically 2, 3 or 5 years. The returns are linked to Retail Price Index (RPI) with a tiny added interest rate on top. The Bonds can now only be cashed in at maturity. Index-linked Savings Certificates are free from UK income tax making them relatively attractive to tax-payers, particularly higher rate tax-payers. They are ...
Both current and historical data [24] are available on their web site [permanent dead link ], which also includes a convenient calculator that allows visitors to enter starting and ending dates and retrieve the monthly data in HTML or Microsoft Excel spreadsheet format.
National Savings and Investments (NS&I), formerly called the Post Office Savings Bank and National Savings, is a state-owned savings bank in the United Kingdom. It is both a non-ministerial government department [ 2 ] and an executive agency of HM Treasury . [ 3 ]
The term "premium bond" has been used in the English language since at least the late 18th century, [7] to mean a bond that earns no interest but is eligible for entry into a lottery. The modern iteration of Premium Bonds were introduced by Harold Macmillan , as Chancellor of the Exchequer , in his Budget of 17 April 1956, [ 8 ] to control ...
In this simple economic model with a closed economy there are three uses for GDP (the goods and services it produces in a year). If Y is national income (GDP), then the three uses of C consumption, I investment, and G government purchases can be expressed as:
In statistics relating to national economies, the indexation of contracts also called "index linking" and "contract escalation" is a procedure when a contract includes a periodic adjustment to the prices paid for the contract provisions based on the level of a nominated price index. The purpose of indexation is to readjust contracts to account ...
The history of the National Savings Organisation in Pakistan dates back to the British Raj when the Government Savings Bank Act, 1873 was promulgated. [2] During the First and Second World War, the British government used the then National Savings Bureau (NSB) to raise funds to meet war-related expenses. [3]
Here, we define S as National savings (= savings of private sector + savings of government) and rewrite the identity as following: = This identity implies that the difference of national savings and national investment is equal to current account. [2] [3] [4]