No rate cut from RBA Saturday July 5 - The Reserve Bank has left official interest rates unchanged at 4.75 per cent at its July board meeting. But rate cuts remain a distinct possibility in coming months and rate rises are off the agenda.
ACCC takes on heavy-handed Esanda Tuesday July 1 - The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is taking ANZ-owned finance company Esanda to court alleging overly aggressive debt-collection tactics,
Bad debts rising at home Tuesday July 1 - KPMG says that finance companies' losses from bad debts are on the rise due to households' increasing difficulty in making repayments.
Debt collectors hound customers Tuesday July 1 - A financial counsellors' report has called for a crackdown on the techniques used by debt collectors.