How Us Moves Hit Our Hip Pockets
Money Magazine Australia|May 2018

How Us Moves Hit Our Hip Pockets

- George Lucas
How Us Moves Hit Our Hip Pockets

How does all the mumbo-jumbo economic jargon around the US market affect Aussie hip pockets? Why are we so focused on interest rates here and in the US?

One reason is that interest rate policy affects what we pay on our mortgages. In Australia, most mortgages are on variable rates. There is no sign of inflation and wages growth is tepid. This takes the pressure off the Reserve Bank to increase short-term rates. The expectation is that they will remain at current levels, maybe until 2019.

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