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REVIEW: Highs and lows of 2011 ... Goodbye to all the gloom, we are working to ...

Good news has been scarce this year. Savers, families, pensioners and investors have struggled with volatile stock markets, low interest rates and an enforced austerity.  There have been breakthroughs, such as the climbdown by banks over PPI mis-selling,  but many of our reports have reflected the challenges of these tough times. In the first of a two-part report, STEPHEN WOMACK reviews the highs and the lows of 2011.

Investors hoping for a calmer ride this year have been disappointed. Stock markets have endured 12 more turbulent months, spooked by the tsunami in Japan in March, the debt crisis in the eurozone and fears of a return to global recession. The FTSE 100 index hit a high of more than 6,100 in February, but in late July and early August markets crashed after the unprecedented downgrading of US debt from its hallowed AAA status.

Volatile trading in September and early October saw swings of up to five per cent a day on the Footsie and it dipped below 5,000. This left investors facing a lottery as the buying and selling prices of mutual funds – unit trusts and open-ended investment companies – moved dramatically in the time between them deciding to trade and a deal being completed. The Footsie is down about eight per cent since the start of the year.

This year has seen austerity grip Britain. Financial Mail warned in the first issue of 2011 that families faced a tax battering as the Chancellor’s tough measures took hold. A combination of rising prices, higher taxes – especially VAT, fuel duty and National Insurance – and benefits cuts have left families struggling.

Average household incomes fell this year by almost £1,000 – the worst annual drop since the  Second World War. And the pain will continue, with George Osborne’s Autumn Statement last month confirming austerity measures such as further public sector pay caps that extend to 2016.

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