Poll: Where will rates go this year?

1 Jun 2010, 4:08 pm   -   Source: SBS
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Home owners will be closely watching interest rates. (Getty Images)

Home owners will be closely watching interest rates. (Getty Images)

Interest rates maybe on hold, but for how long? SBS' Ricardo Goncalves asked a group of economists where they think rates will be by the end of the year.

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An exclusive SBS Poll of 15 economists found all expect at least 1 more rate rise by the end of the year.

Most - 53 per cent - or eight of the 15 - predict the official cash rate to climb to 5 per cent.

And that has prompted mortgage experts to encourage borrowers to do a financial health check.

4.75%

4CAST
Ray Attrill

BELL DIRECT
Julia Lee

BIS SHRAPNEL
Jason Anderson

IG MARKETS
Chris Weston

ST GEORGE
Justin Smirk


5.00%

AMP CAPITAL
Shane Oliver

ANZ
Tony Morriss

COMMSEC
Savanth Sebastian

JP MORGAN
Stephen Walters

MACQUARIE
Ben Dinte

NAB
Spiros Papadopoulos

NOMURA
Stephen Roberts

WESTPAC
Bill Evans


5.25%

CITI
Paul Brennan

RBC CAPITAL
Su-Lin Ong

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Michael - from Adelaide, 2 years ago

Savers will be closely watching interest rates too. There are people who actually want interest rates to rise. There are people who actually care about inflation. There are people who want to see house prices fall.

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