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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 […]

Australians and Social P2P Lending and Borrowing

Posted By LendingHub on November 15, 2007 2 Comments » Filed under: Community Loans, Interest Rates, Loans and Borrowing, Social Lending

Traditionally Australians have relied on their bank or credit union to obtain a personal loan, however now credit card financing is becoming very common (particularly at Christmas time consumer are now financing their spending habits through the use of plastic). As Australians have embraced debt now to finance their way of life (we generated $80 […]