Interest rate balancing act

December 5, 2012, 6:18 pm Helen Wellings Today Tonight

The Reserve Bank has to take a lot into account before deciding whether interest rates should rise, fall or stay the same, and every time they do there are both winners and losers.

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Every time the rate balance swings one way or the other, some people are given more in their pocket and others are given much less.

And when rates go down like they did yesterday, we often end up paying in other ways.

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