Dutton makes huge migration promise
The Coalition will ban foreign investors and drastically reduce migration numbers in a pre-election pitch that has accused Labor of being “disconnected” to everyday Australia.
Interest Rates
Grim rental effect of Aussie WFH trend
The rise of Australians with their own home office has contributed to Australia’s rental property shortage, a senior RBA official has warned.
Fresh sign of interest rate cut
Stoking the case for rate cuts this year, the unemployment rate moved sharply higher in April.
Grim news coming for interest rates
Debate is swirling that the budget is “smoke and mirrors” and a cash splash risks interest rates being hiked or staying higher for longer.
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Cash rate won’t budge in 2016
A RECORD-low cash rate is here to stay in 2016, good news for households who will be able to pay debt off quicker.
Why borrowers are fixing interest rates
MORTGAGE customers are turning to fixed rate loans for the first time in years, but experts warn there are factors to consider before locking rates in.
RBA leaves rates to ‘chill out’
WHEN Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens invites you over for board meeting and chill, and he actually means chill.
‘365 days of Christmas’ for borrowers
AUSSIES can expect to see no RBA cash rate moves until 2017, helping borrowers cull debt while doing little for savers. But hot deals are still up for grabs.
‘We should just chill out’
AUSTRALIA is headed for a scorching Christmas, but man who controls your mortgage repayments is keeping it cool as ice.
Time running out to cut credit debt
CONSUMERS fed up with being by gouged by exorbitant credit card interest rates have only a short time left to take action.
RBA leaves rates on hold at 2.0%
THE Reserve Bank has left the official cash rate on hold at its record low of 2.0 per cent for the sixth month in a row.
50/50 chance of a Cup rate cut
A MELBOURNE Cup Day interest rate cut will be decided in a photo finish today but economists remain divided on whether the cash rate will fall before Christmas.
Big bank loyalty costs you billions
IT may seem like a better to be loyal to one of the four big banks — but it’s costing Australians more than $6 billion in savings.
‘Banks can’t blame us for their decisions’
THE big banks shouldn’t expect a “leave pass” for hiking up interest rates while the official cash rate is on hold according to Treasurer Scott Morrison.
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