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Have most fixed mortgage rates already peaked?
The new year of 2023 is upon us and the big concern for people who did not lock their mortgage interest rate in for five years when rates were 3% or thereabouts over 2020-21 is how much higher fixed rates will go as the year progresses.
Fixed rates are most likely at their peaks
I am 90% confident that fixed rates are now at their cyclical peaks. The chances are very strong that the fixed rates for two years and beyond will be falling before the middle of 2023. - Tony Alexander, economist
Reserve Bank engineers pessimism
Mainstream and social media have been filled with many negative comments about people’s personal financial situation and the risk of losing one’s job, but was this engineered by the Reserve Bank?
Have we seen the full impacts of tightening monetary policy yet?
The discussion amongst central bankers around the world is shifting away from strong statements regarding the need to get rates higher very quickly, and towards reminding people that monetary policy operates with lags.
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