'Based on the £1.81trn that Brits have in savings accounts, it means the nation's savings could have collectively lost as much as £113bn over the past year in real terms.' The average saver with £1,000 in an easy-access account will now find their cash is only worth £938 in today's money, Ms Suter added. 'Although interest rates have risen considerably over the past year and a half, savers still lost money in real terms thanks to double-digit inflation for much of that period,' she said. The platform's head of personal finance Laura Suter says savers are 'still being pummelled' despite a slight fall in inflation, as they put up with lower returns on their savings. The rising cost of living has left many of us feeling the pinch in our day to day lives - but also when it comes to preparing for the future.Īnalysis by investment platform AJ Bell suggests that as much as £113bn may have been wiped off the value of the nation's savings in real terms over the past year as a result of rising inflation.

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