Fresh rate cut fears send ASX lower
Booking a four-day losing streak, the sharemarket fell to close out the week after investors were rattled by hotter-than-expected services and manufacturing data.
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‘Shambolic’: Coalition muddies migration
While attempting to lay out the Coalition’s economic credentials, shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor confused the opposition’s cut-through line on migration.
Major bank’s call on pending tax cut
One major Aussie bank has made a huge call about how people will use their tax cut cash boost in the coming months, warning not to expect a shopping spree.
RBA keeps door open to another rate hike
Admitting the risks around an inflation rebound had increased, the RBA board was unwilling to rule out an additional rate hike.
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Is your mortgage rate a rip-off?
WITH the Reserve Bank cash rate tipped to fall even further in coming months, experts detail how home loan borrowers should ensure they aren’t ripped off.
Bank loyalty costing customers
LOYALTY to the big four banks is costing customers as their standard variable home loan interest rates remain higher than the rest of the market.
Banks tipped to play scrooge
A STRONGLY tipped cash rate fall next week could leave borrowers no better off with expectations lenders will not give them a break.
Cash rate to remain low
EXPERTS have revealed why they predict the cash rate will not move again until 2018, keeping variable rates at record lows for some time yet.
Borrowers brace for rate rises
HOME loan customers are warned to brace for more out-of-cycle rate rises in coming months as lenders follow the Bank of Queensland’s shock increase.
RBA leaves rates on hold
THE Reserve Bank has left official interest rates at two per cent for the 11th month in a row, despite a high Australian dollar.
Bracing for an interest rate surge
OUR low interest rate environment is just the “calm before the storm”, leading banks to drastically raise the rates used to assess borrowers’ repayment capacity.
Borrowers just pick up the phone
HOME loan clients are having interest rates cut by 50 basis points by simply asking the lender for a better deal. John Symond explains why.
Rates on hold amid housing ‘exhaustion’
THE Reserve Bank has kept the official cash rate on hold at 2 per cent amid growing concern about a slowdown in the Australian housing market.
RBA holds cash rate at historic low
AS the Reserve Bank again keeps the interest rate unchanged, home loan customers have been warned ‘banks are pulling off the heist of the century’.
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