Australian Consumer Confidence Plunges to 15-Year Low (Update5)

Story date: 2008-03-11 10:57:00
Added on: 2008-03-11 23:34:38

Bloomberg - Gloom over the increases in interest rates has probably been compounded by additional mortgage-rate increases by lenders,'' said Bill Evans , Westpac's Sydney-based chief economist. ``This development takes even more pressure off the Reserve Bank to ...


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