Costello puts rates heat on banks (Herald Sun)

Story date: 2007-10-23 09:15:00
Added on: 2007-10-23 22:00:17

AUSTRALIA'S banks have no justification for lifting mortgage interest rates, Treasurer Peter Costello has said. His pre-emptive warning came as lastest inflation figures pointed to an official rate rise next month.


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