More than eight in ten savings accounts are paying such a paltry interest rate that customers are effectively losing money, research revealed yesterday.
Financial experts said savers have become the 'sacrificial lambs' of the Bank of England's desperate attempts to rescue the economy.
Because the Bank has held down interest rates, the value of their savings is not keeping pace with inflation, so savers are losing money in real terms.
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