The Savings Tip Jar

Why the next two months are the most important period in Australia's recent economic history: Warren Hogan


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This week we had on a friend of the podcast, Warren Hogan. He's the chief economic adviser at Judo Bank, and we chatted about the reasons behind the scenes that the likes of CBA and Westpac have been able to slash mortgage rates. Perhaps more interesting was CBA, which cut variable rates for new customers in a re-entry into the mortgage wars.

All this feeds into the next two months, and how governments and the RBA will react to economic data (read: inflation) coming out.

00:00-00:36 - Intro

00:36-03:56 - How CBA is cutting variable rates now

03:56-07:26 - How bond rates affect everything

07:26-09:44 - Battling the inflation fight

09:44-14:05 - How the RBA is being diplomatic about governments' spending problems

14:05-15:02 - Outro

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The Savings Tip JarBy Savings.com.au