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Rumours of rate rises next week
28 August 2009 |
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| Rumours and unconfirmed reports persist that at least one of the big four banks will move to raise standard variable mortgage rates next week. The Reserve Bank board is due to meet on Tuesday, with most pundits expecting official rates to remain unchanged at 3.0 per cent.Regardless of what the Reserve Bank may or may not do, there is increasing speculation within banking circles that possibly Commonwealth is considering leading the majors in a round of margin expanding rate rises. A move to raise rates on standard variable mortgages by 0.10 and 0.15 per cent is expected.Speaking outside a superannuation conference in Melbourne yesterday, finance minster Lindsay Tanner didn’t seem too fussed by the prospect of the big banks thumbing their nose the government and the RBA and again setting their own interest rates.“While we take the view generally that banks should be doing their best to keep a lid on interest rates, we do understand the particular pressure they [the banks] are under,” said Tanner.“You have got rollover processes taking place where money financed at a particular rate are exiting the system being replaced by money financed at a different and some cases higher interest rate now.“Our general message to the banks is to do everything possible to keep market interest rates down because the economy is still very fragile and while we may have had some good economic news recently we are still very much in very challenging circumstances.” |
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| Source : The Sheet |
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| 26 August 2009 | - Your repayments are going up by $4680 |
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| 25 August 2009 | - Aussies pay $83 off their card debt |
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| 24 August 2009 | - Online savings more popular than term deposits |
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| 21 August 2009 | - Visa and Mastercard debit cards taking over |
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| 20 August 2009 | - Brace for flurry of credit card offers |
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| 19 August 2009 | - Six rate rises expected, starting early 2010 |
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| 18 August 2009 | - Frozen mortgage fund withdrawals get bigger |
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| 17 August 2009 | - Be prepared for higher rates says RBA |
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| | - Banks cut loans to first home buyers |
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| 14 August 2009 | - Houses set to become more affordable |
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| 13 August 2009 | - $10,000 exit fee to switch mortgages |
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| 12 August 2009 | - ME Bank opens new branches |
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| 11 August 2009 | - Bank fees - $10/month is too much |
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| 10 August 2009 | - Revolutionary fee-free account coming soon |
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| 07 August 2009 | - UBank offers 5.11% on savings |
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| 06 August 2009 | - CommBank slashes penalty fees |
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| | - CBA not proud of Storm loans |
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| 05 August 2009 | - House prices and shares up |
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| | - RBA says steady as she goes |
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| | - Investors savage Bendigo |
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| 04 August 2009 | - Rates must rise says government |
| | - Boosted first home grants still available |
| | - Profitable penalty fees disappearing |
| | - Scrap the guarantee says ANZ |
| | - Fee free ING wants to take on big 4 |
| | - Lending up, deposits down at HSBC |
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| 03 August 2009 | - Westpac slashes penalty fees to $9 |
| | - Pressure builds on CBA & ANZ to cut penalty fees |
| | - Auctions going out of fashion in Sydney |
| | - Banks delaying mortgage approvals |
| | - Savers withdraw their cash |
| | - Bank funding gets easy again |
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