Each week Mortgage Solutions and its sister title Specialist Lending Solutions pick the top comment from our readers.
This week’s comment came from Paul Barrett, who was responding to the article: There are ‘lots of issues’ with negative interest rates – Bailey
He said: “The Bank of England should immediately reduce rates to -3 per cent. If things start to get better, then increases can occur.
“The UK economy is in the toilet being kept afloat by massive taxpayer subsidy of quantitative easing and furlough. These rates should be kept for decades just like they were in Japan.
“The government should do all it can to persuade people to get into debt and spend. Negative interest rates are needed to reduce costs for the consumer.”
Shekina is the deputy editor at Mortgage Solutions and commercial editor at Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions. She has nearly eight years of experience in the B2B publishing market, having previously covered the hospitality, retail, pet, accounting and jewellery sectors.
Shekina has worked for Mortgage Solutions and Specialist Lending Solutions for almost five years. Here, she covers the market’s breaking news stories, engages with professionals in the sector, and oversees any commercially agreed content in partnership with mortgage-related companies.
This includes presenting webinars and hosting roundtable discussions on developing themes in the mortgage sector.
She is an NCTJ-trained journalist and was nominated for the Headline Money Awards Mortgage Journalist of the Year in 2021.
In her spare time, Shekina likes to read, travel, listen to music and socialise with friends.
She currently reports on current events in the mortgage market and liaises with financial clients to produce sponsored content.
Follow her on Twitter at @ShekinaMS