anyone else sick of this?, page-12

Pretty much following the lead in the USA where people get nothing on their bank savings. Want to lock your money away for a year and get 0.75% interest.

As an example, see http://www.asbportsmouth.com/rates.html

The last thing the US financial elite want at tghis point in time is American citizens pulling out money from banks "earning" less than 1% a year interest - which means they are being smashed by real inflation - to invest that money in gold shares.