AOL MAY have just announced the biggest corporate loss ever, $98bn, but don't tell that to the UK's ...
AOL MAY have just announced the biggest corporate loss ever, $98bn, but don't tell that to the UK's house buyers, who are still pushing prices up at a record pace according to the latest Nationwide survey. It says inflation ran a 26.5% in the year to January, the fastest rate since 1989, and evidence that completely contradicts what some other market observers have been saying in recent weeks. However, Nationwide is also forecasting a slowdown from this high rate, the FT reports, with predictions that it will drop to 10% on an annualised basis by the end of this year. ...
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