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Effect of the Credit Crunch for Borrowers and Consumers in Australia

Posted By LendingHub on June 15, 2008 No Comments » Filed under: Banks and Financial Institutions, Economics, Interest Rates

The ‘credit crunch’ has now lasted for nearly year and is starting to have a fairly noticeable impact on consumers and borrowers.
The inability of many non-bank lenders to obtain funding for their loans means that there are now few competitors to the traditional banks (Wizard has been reported to be up for sale and RAMS […]

Effect of Inflation and Credit Availability on Interest Rates

Posted By Ivan Mantelli on January 21, 2008 2 Comments » Filed under: Banks and Financial Institutions, Economics, Home Loans, Interest Rates

Interest rates in Australia have been increasing for some time now and in our view are likely to rise a little further yet. There are a number of factors that have driven the increase in the underlying cash rate to 6.75% (the Reserve Banks principle tool for affecting the future inflation rate) and also the recent […]