Quick quiz of the week's news #6

QUICK QUIZ

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This week on IFAonline.co.uk, we've had payday lenders shutting up shop, static interest rates (no, really?) and auto-enrolment estimates. But how much do you remember?

1. The Bank of England (BoE) once again announced it would be holding interest rates at a record low of 0.5%. For how many consecutive months have interest rates remained unchanged? a) 46 b) 32 c) 53 2. A crackdown by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has led to how many payday lenders announcing their departure from the market this week? a) 14 b) 25 c) 39 3. The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has asked for the regulator's budget to be frozen for how many years so it can provide a cut in real terms? a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 4. Barclays reported that provisions ...

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