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Are we about to change into a nation of buyers? This is Money podcast

If the Government told you doing something with your money was a good idea, would you do it or run a mile?
It will soon launch its Retail Investment Campaign alongside the Investment Association, in a bid to get more us to stop saving and start investing our spare cash. So will it work – and are we about to get a rerun of the Tell Sid era? 
On this week’s podcast, Simon Lambert, Georgie Frost and Helen Crane discuss. 

The governor of the Bank of England has admitted it faces a ‘difficult’ decision on interest rates as the Middle East conflict continues to push up prices.

It comes as the IMF slashed its growth forecast for the UK this year to 0.8 per cent – the biggest downgrade of all G7 nations. Could we be headed for a recession and if so, how can we prepare? 

Crane is back on the case – this time it’s over flight cancellations due to the Iran war.

And from cows mooing in the milk aisle to price changes every hour – we unveil the tricks supermarkets are plotting to get you to spend more.

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