Winners and losers from interest rate rise

Story date: 2007-10-24 03:41:00
Added on: 2007-10-24 16:00:19

News.com.au - This will be the tenth interest rate rise in a row since 2001 and the sixth since, before the last election, the Prime Minister pledged to keep rates at a record low. Admittedly they are well below rates of the Hawke-Keating years. But Opposition ...


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