It's all just short term competition to gain market share. Rates will rise overall this year however, impacting on property (as other cost of living factors also leave people with less disposible income).
I'll take it from the horse mouth.
11 Apr 2011- RBA to raise rates 'around' September: Westpac CEO Gail Kelly
Keep dreaming about your rate cut boys.
I'll take it from the horse mouth.
11 Apr 2011- RBA to raise rates 'around' September: Westpac CEO Gail Kelly
“Possibly around September-time I would see the potential for another interest rate change, but I think that will be 25 basis points up.”
At a later doorstop interview, Mrs Kelly said average funding costs continued to rise, but she declined to comment on whether Westpac would respond with an out-of-cycle rate rise.
Keep dreaming about your rate cut boys.