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Economist reacts to RBA’s decision to raise cash rate by 0.5%

Oliver Peterson
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Mortgage holders will be forced to tighten their purse strings even further after a third consecutive rate hike was announced.

The Reserve Bank has raised the official cash rate by half a per cent to 1.35 per cent.

It’ll add more than $200 to monthly mortgage repayments on an $800,000 loan.

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Oliver Peterson
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