The fund said last year that it would grow 1.1% in 2017 and then increase its forecast to 2%. Palmer said: "I'm worried about the British retailers are now in the midst of a perfect storm, interest rate decisions in November, rising inflation, real wages, falling credit availability and the UK to take off the European uncertainty increased, these during the Christmas season for caused an unprecedented pressure on household budgets, pushed consumer confidence to historic lows. "Historically, the concept of income has first appeared in economics. Adam Smith, in the wealth of nations, defined income as "the amount of consumption that is not eroded by capital", and saw it as an increase in wealth. Later, most economists inherited and developed this view. 1890, ai (Alfred Marshall Maarshell) in its "the principles of economics," the Adam Smith's "wealth increase" enterprise, introduced the concept of earnings, is proposed to distinguish the entity capital and value-added benefits of economic benefits. When the economy overheats and inflation rises, interest rates are raised and credit tightened. When the overheated economy and inflation are under control, the interest rate is duly lowered. Interest rates are therefore one of the fundamental economic factors. Interest rates are an important financial variable in economics, and almost all financial phenomena and financial assets have more or less connection with interest rates. "The tax authorities are investigating allegations of tax evasion after reviewing records of individuals and entities. The authorities are sending a notice to them that they will have to pay a capital gains tax on bitcoin investments and transactions." Charlotte Nelson, of Moneyfacts, said: "only 56 providers of SVR went up, seven of which raised their interest rates by less than 0.25 percentage points, resulting in a more modest rise in average SVR. Compared with the Internet boom that preceded the information age, the blockchain era is almost as hot as it was in 1998, and the cryptocurrency world is inviting mainstream participation.