{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69a5aa3811f5657dedfff2bd/69d90215d3f0dd7747cafa4e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Is the generational wealth gap narrower than we thought?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69a5aa3811f5657dedfff2bd/1776864702896-879b9830-1540-4337-ab3d-664b2518d92e.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Many younger adults think they are substantially less well-off than their parents.</p><p>But while there are inequalities, new research suggests the wealth gap may be far narrower than previously reported - and it is largely down to the cash those in their twenties and thirties have stashed in their pensions.&nbsp;</p><p>On this week's episode of the This is Money podcast Lee Boyce, Helen Crane and Georgie Frost discuss why official figures got it wrong, and whether property versus pension is a pointless comparison.&nbsp;</p><p>The team also ask what will happen to <a href=\"https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-11885727/When-rates-start-fall-Base-rate-forecasts.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>interest rates</strong></a> and mortgages due to the fact that - for now at least - a ceasefire in Iran appears to be holding.&nbsp;</p><p>Elsewhere, Lee reports on a ferocious best buy battle at the top of the fixed <a href=\"https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/saving/article-1583864/Best-savings-rates-Isas-Cash-Isa-accounts-fixed-rate-Isas.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>cash Isa</strong></a> tables, where even the high street banks are getting involved.&nbsp;</p><p>And finally, another Chinese pretender to Amazon's retail throne has entered the UK.&nbsp;</p><p>Is Joybuy any good, how did it fare when our reporter put its delivery service to the test - and do we really need another place to buy bargain toilet rolls online?&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"This is Money"}