Tag: Cash Rate

Australian interest rate markets remain poised for a far more aggressive hike path than the Reserve Bank (RBA) expects, report says

The economy may be in need of festive cheer but the Reserve Bank board is not expected to lower the cash rate from its current record low 0.75 per cent until after the holiday season. The Reserve Bank board is expected to hold the cash rate at a record low 0.75 per cent this week […]

Reserve Bank of Australia board members agreed back-to-back cash rate cuts were necessary to eat into spare labour market capacity, but a high participation rate and an expanding working age population means it will take “some time” to achieve the ideal jobless rate.  Minutes from the RBA’s July 2 meeting show members agreed a consecutive […]

ANZ has again become the only big four bank to reduce variable mortgage rates in full following the Reserve Bank’s cash rate cut, while rivals CBA, NAB and Westpac will be passing on only part of the amount this time. ANZ was widely criticised last month when it passed on just 0.18 percentage points of […]

The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut the cash rate to a fresh record low of 1.0 per cent, reducing the cost of borrowing for two months in a row for the first time since 2012. The market had largely priced in a second straight 0.25 percentage point cut after RBA Governor Philip Lowe suggested […]

The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut the cash rate to a new record low of 1.25 per cent in a widely anticipated attempt to stimulate the economy. It is the central bank’s first move on rates since August 2016 and follows another month of weak economic data, most notably an unexpected rise in the […]

The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced it will keep the cash rate at the record low of 1.5 per cent. The decision at Tuesday’s March meeting marks Australia’s longest period without a rate change.  The RBA’s last cut was in August 2016 and despite economic growth slowing in the second half of 2018, it […]

Consumer confidence has strengthened following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to cut the cash rate to a record low of 2.0 per cent.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has today cut the cash rate by 25 basis points to 2.0 per cent, a record low that comes one week away from this year’s delivery of the Federal Budget.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has left the cash rate unchanged at 2.25 per cent, while suggesting “further easing of policy” may be needed in the coming months.