Category: Finance News

May 31

Credit card borrowing grows amid soaring inflation

Consumer borrowing jumped in April after households turned to credit to fund their spending as the squeeze on incomes tightened, Bank of England figures show. There was a £1.4 billion rise in borrowing on consumer credit, which is made up mainly of spending on credit cards and personal loans, when compared with March. The figure […]
May 30

Skymet casts doubts over IMD’s announcement of monsoons arrival; met office stands by forecast

Private weather forecaster Skymet on Monday questioned the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) announcement that the southwest monsoon arrived in Kerala on Sunday, three days ahead of the “normal” date. “Declaring monsoon based on single day observations amounts to gross violation of standards, never attempted in the past,” Skymet said. Going by what it called “specified objective […]