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Westpac raises rates with unfettered confidence
Sydney :: Australia | about 5 hours ago
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THE banks are in the business of lending money...Why did Westpac almost double the Reserve Bank's interest rate rise when it passed it on to mortgage loans yesterday?...It's probably got a pretty good idea that the other banks won't embarrass it by holding...
Tags: Reserve Bank, Westpac, rate rises, Australia, Sydney, Mortgage, Mortgage loan, Finance, Business Finance, Bank, Economic history of the United States, Central bank, Financial institutions, Banking
Westpac exceeds RBA rate rise
Sydney :: Australia | about 13 hours ago
Credibility The banking giant has blamed soaring wholesale funding costs for its decision, paving the way for other banks to follow through with rate rises above today's move by the central bank. The planned rate rise came just a short time after Treasurer Wayne...
Tags: rate rises, standard variable, Westpac, RBA, central banks, Australia, Sydney, Business Finance, Interest, Banking, Interest rates, Finance, Bank, Floating interest rate, Mortgage, Central bank, Financial crisis of 2007￢ﾀﾓ2009, Banks of Australia, Monetary policy, Mathematical finance, Reserve Bank of Australia, Loan, National Australia Bank, Prime rate, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Variable-rate mortgage
Third rate increase for Australia
Sydney :: Australia | about 14 hours ago
Credibility In a widely expected move, the cost of borrowing increased to 3.75% from 3.5%. Australia was the only major developed economy to expand in the first half of 2009 and was the first to raise rates. The central bank governor, Glenn Stevens, said "measures...
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Gen Y capable of repaying their mortgage
Sydney :: Australia | 8 days ago
Credibility According Mortgage Choice's 2009 consumer sentiment survey, 64 per cent of existing borrowers aged 18 to 29 years said they could afford repayments at, or above nine per cent...Ms Sheppard said tighter lending criteria should play a large part in ensuring...
Tags: rate rises, Australia, Sydney, Mortgage loan, Mortgage, Mortgage broker, UK mortgage terminology, Business Finance
Households set to feel debt squeeze
Sydney :: Australia | 11 days ago
Credibility The Melbourne Institute Bulletin of Economic Trends for November flagged the increased likelihood of a Reserve Bank rate rise in December, because of low inflation and wage expectations. However, the research group noted that rising household debt would...
Tags: rate rises, disposable income, household debts, Australia, Sydney, Consumer debt, Interest, Australian property bubble, Debt, Credit, Finance, Business Finance
State’s jobless rate rises
San Diego :: CA :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility Updated 12 minutes ago Alabama�s October unemployment rate rose to 10.9 percent, according to the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations. Counties with the lowest unemployment rates were Shelby, 7.4 percent; Madison, 7.5 percent; and Coffee, 8.3 percent.
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RBA fearsfor growthif stimulusslackens
Sydney :: Australia | 14 days ago
Credibility The Reserve Bank has expressed disquiet at the durability of our economic recovery THE Reserve Bank has fanned doubts about the strength of the economic recovery, warning that growth may slump as Canberra's stimulus measures are unwound. The guarded...
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Job ads dip on rate rise news
Sydney :: Australia | 23 days ago
Credibility The Olivier job index showed a decline of 1.67 per cent in jobs advertised last month, but the number of ads over the past three months is still up 4.32 per cent. Olivier group director Bob Olivier says last month's result was a surprise but was probably...
Tags: rate rises, job ad, olivier job, job index, group director, job advertised, Olivier Group
Surprise retail fall cuts December rate rise chances
Sydney :: Australia | 27 days ago
Credibility The official seasonally adjusted figures show September sales fell 0.2 per cent compared with those in August. Not only that, but the preliminary sales figures for August have been downwardly revised from an increase of 0.9 per cent to a 0.7 per cent...
Tags: reserve banks, sales fell, rate rises, retail sales, Reserve Bank of Australia, seasonally adjusted, Australian Bureau of Statistics, THE Reserve Bank
Slowing inflation makes 'aggressive' rate rise unlikely
Sydney :: Australia | 29 days ago
Credibility The Monthly Inflation Gauge by TD Securities and the Melbourne Institute fell by 0.3 per cent in October, after remaining steady in August and September. In the 12 months to October, the Inflation Gauge rose by 1.2 per cent, which is well below the Reserve...
Tags: rate rises, house priced, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Reserve Bank of Australia, Australia Looks, National Australia Bank, RBA, priced rises, inflation gauge, TD Securities-Melbourne Institute
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