{"id":1975,"date":"2010-07-04T03:13:55","date_gmt":"2010-07-04T03:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.briangreene.com\/bhg\/2010\/anglo-not-so-certain-fixed-return-falls-3-5-to-3-2\/"},"modified":"2010-07-04T03:13:55","modified_gmt":"2010-07-04T03:13:55","slug":"anglo-not-so-certain-fixed-return-falls-3-5-to-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/2010\/anglo-not-so-certain-fixed-return-falls-3-5-to-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Anglo not so certain fixed return falls 3.5% to 3.2%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='posterous_autopost'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/posterous.com\/getfile\/files.posterous.com\/briangreene\/pboGqvycCIesnowoBbsCwgevFizHBtzoEzuuaGgFFGkmeaIEmElDeImqAxpm\/media_httpwwwbusiness_lbvHi.jpg.scaled500.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\"\/> <br \/>back in April Anglo ran adverts in the sundays offering 3.5% gross AER on savings <a href=\"http:\/\/posterous.briangreene.com\/anglo-ads-in-the-sundays\">http:\/\/posterous.briangreene.com\/anglo-ads-in-the-sundays<\/a> &#8211; These savings were offered with a certainty of return. <\/p>\n<p>Well going forward (as Cowen would say) Anglo may not be 3.5% certain as today they offer the same deal at 3.2%<br \/>see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angloirishbank.ie\/Personal_Savings\/Easy_Access_Reward_Account\/\">http:\/\/www.angloirishbank.ie\/Personal_Savings\/Easy_Access_Reward_Account\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Did European interest rates fall? no they are only set to rise from historic lows &#8211; as the product is a savings product and the offer is a fixed percent return for savings over a period, why would the offer rate fall? are Anglo less certain now than they previously were in April. I&#8217;m thinking if future lending interest rates rise then future savings interest rates will rise NOT fall. <\/p>\n<p>This offer comes with the added enticement that &#8220;A minimum deposit of \u20ac1 &#8221; can be made.  <\/p>\n<p>OK \u20ac1 &#8211; if  lots of folk opened \u20ac1 accounts they could avail of telephone and internet support and mail outs and as a depositor you may even get a free pen or be able to attend the AGM. for a quid. Enticing.<\/p>\n<p>Remember &#8211; Banks chain their pens that we use (so we don&#8217;t steal from the bank) while their ex CEOs remain unchained out of jail and free to do secret  deals with our banks that they owe millions of euros to. <\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t bailout the banks &#8211; No to NAMA and no to NAMA for the people &#8211; Bailout the home owners &#8211; Don&#8217;t nationalise the debt &#8211; Nationalise the profits and create working banks for working people &#8211; do not prop up the zombie banks we have for the zombie developers, land speculators and their political servants in Fianna Fail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 10px;\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/posterous.com\">Posted via email<\/a>   from <a href=\"http:\/\/posterous.briangreene.com\/anglo-not-so-certain-fixed-return-falls-35-to\">web lab<\/a>  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>back in April Anglo ran adverts in the sundays offering 3.5% gross AER on savings http:\/\/posterous.briangreene.com\/anglo-ads-in-the-sundays &#8211; These savings were offered with a certainty of return. Well going forward (as Cowen would say) Anglo may not be 3.5% certain as today they offer the same deal at 3.2%see http:\/\/www.angloirishbank.ie\/Personal_Savings\/Easy_Access_Reward_Account\/ Did European interest rates fall? no&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/2010\/anglo-not-so-certain-fixed-return-falls-3-5-to-3-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Anglo not so certain fixed return falls 3.5% to 3.2%<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}