OECD expert warns low interest rates are discouraging good savings habits
Ignorance of compound interest is the most common gap in people's knowledge.
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The supervisor of an OECD study that shows half of all adults have inadequate financial knowledge believes bad habits are being encouraged by low interest rates.
Flore-Anne Messy is head of the Paris-based OECD’s financial affairs division in the section that deals with finance and
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Nevil Gibson
Mon, 17 Oct 2016
Mon, 17 Oct 2016
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OECD expert warns low interest rates are discouraging good savings habits
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