Treasurer Wayne Swan says he is confident Australia can ride out the global turmoil, writes Christian Kerr.
Home loan rate
Swan goes further than Costello on the bank cartel
Wayne Swan’s hard hitting comments on the ANZ’s “excessive” rate rise were far more substantial than any action the Howard Government took against the banks over its 11 years in office, writes Stephen Mayne.
ANZ does a NAB on rates
The one thing ANZ may have done by choosing not to simply emulate NAB is to reduce the chances of another 25 basis point rise in official rates next month, writes Stephen Bartholomeusz.
