The pain of variable rate mortgages
Kia ora,Welcome to Tuesday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand.I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz.And today we lead with news the IMF reckons the way the Aussie home loan market is structured accentuates mortgage rate pain.But first in the US, consumer inflation expectations for the year ahead remained steady at 3% for a third consecutive month in March, holding at three-year lows. For three years ahead they rose marginally to 2.9% whereas for five years ahead they slipped to 2.6%. None of…
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