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1、EconomicresearchhasidentifiedatrendexhibitedbyoneinsixBritonsofhidingcashintheirhomesinsteadofinvestingit.Thisistermedthe"BiscuitTinEconomy."Itisestimatedthat$3.5billioniscurrentlyhiddeninhomesacrossthecountry.Whiletherearevariousreasonsforhidingcash,6%aredoingsotoconcealitfromthei
2、rpartnersand4%believetheirmoneytobesaferathomethaninabank.Researchersmaintainthattheseactionsdemonstrateeconomicfolly,andthat,asaresult,Britonsaresacrificingupthe$174millionininteresteveryyear.This"BiscuitTinEconomy"isbetrayingthosewhotrustinit,asitrenderstheirhiddenmoneybothunprod
3、uctiveandpotentiallyunsafe,whereasitcouldbeprofitablyinvestedinstocksorahigh-interestsavingsplan.FourpercentofBritonsaresacrificingpotentialinteresttheycouldgainonthemoneythattheyhideawayintheirhome.EconomicresearchhasidentifiedatrendexhibitedbyoneinsixBritonsofhidingcashintheirhom
4、esinsteadofinvestingit.Thisistermedthe"BiscuitTinEconomy."Itisestimatedthat$3.5billioniscurrentlyhiddeninhomesacrossthecountry.Whiletherearevariousreasonsforhidingcash,6%aredoingsotoconcealitfromtheirpartnersand4%believetheirmoneytobesaferathomethaninabank.Researchersmaintainthatth
5、eseactionsdemonstrateeconomicfolly,andthat,asaresult,Britonsaresacrificingupthe$174millionininteresteveryyear.This"BiscuitTinEconomy"isbetrayingthosewhotrustinit,asitrenderstheirhiddenmoneybothunproductiveandpotentiallyunsafe,whereasitcouldbeprofitablyinvestedinstocksorahigh-intere
6、stsavingsplan.Themajorityofpeoplewhohidecashontheirpropertydosobecausetheyeitherdonottrustthebankortheyarehidingitfromtheirpartner.Areportfromaprestigiousuniversityhasurgedtheworld'srichestcountriestoconsidertheprecariouspositionofbirdspeciesfromaroundtheworldThestudysuggeststhatac
7、tingnowcouldensurethesurvivalof400to900speciesoflandbirdsthatareatriskbecauseoftheactionofhumans.Thereportpaysparticularattentiontothedangersfacedbythosespecieswhicharehighlyspecialized,andmaynotbeabletoadapttochangesintheirenvironment.Richercountriescurrentlyhavelittleawarenessoft
8、hedangersfacedbybirdspecie