Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan plans to aid struggling individual states that are having a tough time raising money, by issuing sovereign debt and using some of the proceeds to purchase state issued bonds.
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One could be forgiven for looking at declining interest rates, and feeling a little buyers remorse if you recently took out an Australian mortgage and opted to pay a fixed interest rate. Switching from a fixed to variable interest rate could save mortgage holders several thousand dollars a year. But if you have recently taken out a home loan and chose to pay a fixed rate, then exiting the agreement is simply cost prohibitive.
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