Nationwide doubles maximum personal loan to £50k amid rising building costs

Personal loans, Borrowing & debt, Property, Nationwide, Banks and building societies, Business, Money, UK news Business | The Guardian ​Previous £25,000 maximum no longer enough to fund some home improvements, says building societyNationwide building society has doubled the maximum personal loan it will offer borrowers to £50,000, citing the continued increase in building costs as the…

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America’s approach to China’s rapid growth has lessons for us all | Larry Elliott

Business, Economic policy, Economics, Global economy, International trade, US economy, Chinese economy, China Business | The Guardian ​Protectionism in the form of tariffs is justified but the focus will be on whether Beijing retaliatesThe global economy is fragmenting and a new era of protectionism has dawned. Dreams by free marketeers of a frictionless world in which…

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