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Big Bank Hikes its Interest Rates

Posted By LendingHub on June 13, 2009 No Comments » Filed under: Banking Industry

Today the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) increased its home loan variable interest rate by 0.1% to 5.74% even though the official cash interest rates have been falling and we are in the middle of an economic downturn and global financial crisis (also popularly known as the GFC).
It’s interesting to note that the ‘big’ banks [...]

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Effect of Inflation and Credit Availability on Interest Rates

Posted By Ivan Mantelli on January 21, 2008 1 Comment » Filed under: Banking Industry, Economics and Interest Rates, Mortages and Home Loans

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 [...]

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