Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Banks slow to react to rate cut


THE big banks have been slow to react after the Reserve Bank cut interest rates by a larger-than-expected 0.75 percentage points yesterday.


The Commonwealth Bank was the first of the major banks to move after the Reserve Bank board's announcement yesterday, chopping its rates by 0.58 per cent.

This was despite repeated warnings from Treasurer Wayne Swan to pass on the rate cut quickly, and in full.

more...

0 comments: