Debt crisis deepens, as Howard launches another interest rate scare ...

Story date: 2007-11-16 07:50:00
Added on: 2007-11-16 21:24:43

World Socialist Web Site - Prime Minister John Howard has resorted to a scare campaign on interest rates, just as he did prior to the 2004 election ... But since the current housing bubble began in the mid-1990s, house values have increased by about 250 percent, while debt ...


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