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Labour to blame for interest rate hike

Published: Thu 10 Mar 2005 10:49 AM
Labour to blame for interest rate hike
ACT Finance spokesman Richard Prebble today said that when the president of the Labour Party publicly endorses a trade union campaign for inflationary wage increases the Reserve Bank has no choice but to increase interest rates.
"Every householder now has to pay for Labour's irresponsibility," Mr Prebble said.

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