Gotti: Fed hikes will sink Aussie housing

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From Gotti:

While there was no surprise in the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate rise, the quick response from the US share market was an ominous sign for Australia and our struggling housing market.

…Our big banks borrow around 35 to 40 per cent of their funds overseas so their costs will also rise although, because of the lessons of the global financial crisis, banks borrow longer term so there will be a delay before the impact hits.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.