Costello rejects home rates alarm

Story date: 2007-10-23 08:36:00
Added on: 2007-10-23 22:00:18

News.com.au - The point I make is, in the home mortgage market there are no grounds whatsoever for banks to raise their interest rates,'' Mr Costello told journalists. "They have big deposit books, they have not had any increase in official interest rates (for a ...


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