Australia's Budget, to be announced on May 9, could show the country's first surplus in 15 years.
Governments will increasingly be at the mercy of bond investors.
US Fed chair Jerome Powell said support for the 25 basis-point rate increase was “very strong across the board”.
The Reserve Bank of Australia increased its cash rate to 3.85%, the highest level since April 2012, in a decision predicted by only nine of 30 economists.