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The RBA wouldn't normally take a backseat on its policy setting day, but recently, world financial news has had bigger fish to fry. Markets plunged, particularly in Japan, before staging a rally. Our AUD has taken a beating too. So we had James Austin, Firstmac CFO, on to make sense of it all.
Firstmac is the largest non-bank lender in Australia with over $16b in loans under management, and is an associate of Savings.com.au and the InfoChoice Group.
Plus we had resident finance journalist Harry O'Sullivan on to discuss what to do if you've transferred money to the wrong account. Oops!
00:00-01:42 – Intro
01:42-04:05 – Savings Tips of the Week
04:05-06:35 – RBA holds cash rate at 4.35%
06:35-10:55 – Big market drop, ‘Black Monday’ for Nikkei
10:55-14:43 – Up to 50% of the cost of a new home is
14:43-22:03 – What to do if you transfer money to the wrong account
22:03-34:38 – James Austin
34:38-36:11 - Outro
The RBA wouldn't normally take a backseat on its policy setting day, but recently, world financial news has had bigger fish to fry. Markets plunged, particularly in Japan, before staging a rally. Our AUD has taken a beating too. So we had James Austin, Firstmac CFO, on to make sense of it all.
Firstmac is the largest non-bank lender in Australia with over $16b in loans under management, and is an associate of Savings.com.au and the InfoChoice Group.
Plus we had resident finance journalist Harry O'Sullivan on to discuss what to do if you've transferred money to the wrong account. Oops!
00:00-01:42 – Intro
01:42-04:05 – Savings Tips of the Week
04:05-06:35 – RBA holds cash rate at 4.35%
06:35-10:55 – Big market drop, ‘Black Monday’ for Nikkei
10:55-14:43 – Up to 50% of the cost of a new home is
14:43-22:03 – What to do if you transfer money to the wrong account
22:03-34:38 – James Austin
34:38-36:11 - Outro