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23/01/2012
Effect Of Recession To Last To 2020
A report into the plight of middle-income earners has found the effect of the recession would be felt until 2020.
Published on Monday, the report by the leading thinktank Resolution Foundation, found that millions of ordinary families were unlikely to see their earnings return to pre-recession levels for some eight years.
The study focuses on the "squeezed middle" and predicts the income of the wealthy will continue to rise over the same period.
The news comes as a lenders' group says the UK mortgage market in the coming year was "difficult to call".
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said the eurozone crisis had created uncertainty, although householders' real incomes could stabilise.
The latest CML figures showed that UK gross mortgage lending stood at £11.7bn in December.
This was down 12% on November, but up 12% compared with December 2010, the CML said.
(DW)
Published on Monday, the report by the leading thinktank Resolution Foundation, found that millions of ordinary families were unlikely to see their earnings return to pre-recession levels for some eight years.
The study focuses on the "squeezed middle" and predicts the income of the wealthy will continue to rise over the same period.
The news comes as a lenders' group says the UK mortgage market in the coming year was "difficult to call".
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said the eurozone crisis had created uncertainty, although householders' real incomes could stabilise.
The latest CML figures showed that UK gross mortgage lending stood at £11.7bn in December.
This was down 12% on November, but up 12% compared with December 2010, the CML said.
(DW)
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