Interest rates threat as jobs boom

Story date: 2007-10-11 07:50:00
Added on: 2007-10-11 11:00:31

News.com.au - THE booming economy has become a double-edged sword for Prime Minister John Howard, with fears the record low unemployment rate could spark an interest rate rise. The jobless rate fell to a new 33-year low of 4.2 per cent in September, figures ...


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