Treasurer Wayne Swan says no homeowner should be surprised by the Reserve Bank's decision to lift interest rates for the first time since the global financial crisis hit.
The RBA's decision to increase the official rate to 3.25 per cent kicked off the political argument over whether the Government's billions of dollars of stimulus spending are responsible for the rise.
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