Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Homeowner rate hopes boosted after bigger-than-expected fall in inflation
manchestereveningnews.co.ukHomeowners have been given a glimmer of hope as it appears that interest rates may not rise as high as initially feared. Official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have revealed that inflation eased back more than expected in June, with the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) falling to 7.9%, down from 8.7% in May.
This is the lowest rate since March 2022, and it is largely due to a decrease in food price inflation and a significant drop in fuel prices compared to the previous year.
The majority of economists had predicted that the figure would only fall to 8.2% in June. However, the unexpected drop has led financial markets to adjust their forecasts for the peak in interest rates.
Previously, they had anticipated rates of between 5.75% and 6% by the end of the year, but now they are revising their estimates to a range of 5.75% to 6%.
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