The recent rise in banks’ short-term funding costs would probably need to triple before banks could justify raising their mortgage rates by 0.25%, which would be equivalent to a hike in the official interest rate. In any case, the heat the biggest banks are currently receiving from the Royal Commission may mean they aren’t willing to raise their mortgage rates when the RBA is keeping official rates unchanged.
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