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Central Bank cut the offical cash rate this monday is the key reason, followed by several commercial banks who lowered their various mortgage rate.
There is fear that australian ecomony may face a hard landing during this tough period of world economy, while several australian banks also recorded huge losses affected by the U.S sub-prime crsis.
economists once said weeks ago that the historical high interest rate, which hit 7.25% after continuous rising past 7 yrs, have seriously damaged the motivation of investment and credit consuming.
"australian is addict to debt" said by one of the economist, adding that as soon as people cannot afford the too high rate anymore, australia economy may face the result of a hard landing and will further lead to a recession.
Major retailers have been reported significant profit loss So far this year pretty much explained the current situation and foreshadowed the coming of a recession.
Meanwhile, australia is also facing a harsh challenge from inflation...
So these negative issues altogether made the exchange rate falling dramasticlly in the past few weeks and it may keep falling in the following weeks or even months due to a prediction that the interest rate may fall 2 or 3 times in the following year. |
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