Household debt: Economic indicators
Debt levels affect how much households spend. Find the latest data on UK household debt, mortgage rates and insolvencies.
This note outlines the events surrounding the difficulties encountered by the Northern Rock bank in summer and autumn of 2007. It sets out the background to the Northern Rock crisis, including information on the ‘credit crunch’ and on the tripartite arrangements for financial supervision.
Northern Rock & financial supervision (398KB PDF)
The note includes a timeline of the main events from the beginning of the difficulties in the financial markets on 9 August 2007 to Noirthern Rock bank passing into public ownership on 22 February 2008.
Northern Rock & financial supervision (398KB PDF)
Debt levels affect how much households spend. Find the latest data on UK household debt, mortgage rates and insolvencies.
While credit unions play prominent roles in financial sectors across the Anglosphere and in Northern Ireland, in Great Britain penetration is low. This briefing looks at the reasons why and legislative efforts to make credit unions more popular.
Answers to frequently asked questions relating to banking, credit, mortgages, investments and financial service fraud.