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7 tips to manage your cash when traveling - a guest post

I didn’t quite get time to put this guest post up before I left for DC, but it is ace. If you’d like to write a guest post for plonkee money, drop me a line.
A personal finance and life blogger from metropolitan New York, bripblap is extremely well travelled. Enjoy his tips below and subscribe [...]

how do interest rates affect inflation?

John commented on a previous post about the importance of the Bank of England’s interest rates:
I suggest you write an article about how interest rates effect inflation and vice versa. Something practical for the masses.
It sounded like a good idea to me, so here goes:
supply and demand in pancakes,… or anything else
Imagine people selling pancakes. [...]

what is the Bank of England base rate and why is it important?

If you keep up with the news, especially the business news, you can’t fail to notice the interest that surrounds the announcement of any Bank of England base rate change every month.
I knew that the rate used to be decided by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but is now decided by a committee. I also [...]

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