Rudd warns banks on rates
Story date: 2008-03-02 10:15:00
Added on: 2008-03-04 22:20:56
News.com.au - This will add another $50 to a monthly mortgage repayment on a $300,000 home loan. But it could be more if commercial banks move their mortgage rates by a greater margin, as some did last month after the RBA's last move.
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