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States demand $23bn to back Rudd

Lenore Taylor, National correspondent | October 10, 2008 THE states are demanding up to $23 billion in extra funding from the federal Government's already stretched surpluses before they sign on to the major agreements that...

Hockey blasts RBA over rates policy (AAP)

The federal opposition says the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has some explaining to do, having misread the economy and inflation over the past year. Opposition finance spokesman Joe Hockey said the bank was cutting rates...

Swan urges strong prudential regulation (AAP)

Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan will press the case for strengthening prudential regulation when he attends annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in the United States this week. "These meetings come at...

a mug's game .....

from Crikey ….. CBA rips off customers whilst devouring rivals Crikey founder Stephen Mayne writes: So, the Commonwealth Bank can afford to shell out $2.1 billion buying BankWest and boast about carrying "substantial surplus...

Banking rip-off on the cards

Clinton Porteous and Steve Wardill AUSTRALIA'S leading banks are ripping off their credit card customers to the tune of almost $900,000 a day by refusing to cut their sky-high interest rates. All four big banks have failed to...

Rudd puts banks on notice for further cuts

Wednesday October 8, 2008, 9:41 am Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has defended the banks' decision not to pass on all of yesterday's rate cut to consumers but says they must do so when economic conditions stabilise. In a surprise...

Other nations 'should follow our lead' (AAP)

Other nations should follow Australia's lead and take decisive action in response to the global financial crisis, Treasurer Wayne Swan says. The Reserve Bank surprised analysts on Tuesday by issuing a one percentage point cut...

Treasurer upbeat on economy after rates cut

TONY EASTLEY: Interest rates have been slashed in Australia, but the pain from the international financial crisis keeps on coming. The Treasurer, Wayne Swan, spoke with chief political correspondent, Lyndal Curtis, a short time...

Reserve Bank slashes interest rates (Yahoo!7)

The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut official interest rates by 100 basis points to 6 percent in an effort to shield the Australian economy from further fallout from the global financial crisis. However, most analysts have...

Westpac cuts home loans by 80 basis points (ABC)

Westpac has announced it will pass on an 80 basis point cut to borrowers, after the Reserve Bank of Australia slashed interest rates by one percentage point because of the severe international financial conditions.