With everyone's Christmas Wish List topped with 'no December interest rate rise', the Board's decision today to leave the cash rate target unchanged at 4.35 per cent is a relief to many. Last month saw the first rate rise in four months, with interest rates increased by 25 basis points as inflation was not declining at the expected rate. With the impact of that rate rise beginning to …
A Melbourne Cup Day Interest Rate Rise
Although annual inflation is dropping, at the November board meeting the RBA has elected to raise the cash rate. It's a double blow to Melbourne Cup Day punters whose horses didn't rise to the occasion with the Reserve Bank raising the cash rate by another 25 basis points to 4.35 per cent. Despite consecutive holds in recent months, the first interest rate rise since June doesn't come as a …
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RBA Leaves Interest Rates On Hold
Mortgage holders breathed a sigh of relief today as the RBA announced its decision to leave interest rates on hold for what is only the second consecutive month since May 2022. Providing welcome respite from the past year's relentless interest rate rises, the Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe said the decision gives the Board time to assess the state of the economy as inflation begins to …
RBA continues to hold interest rates at 0.1%
The RBA met for the final time for 2021 on Tuesday 7th December and announced that interest rates will remain on hold at 0.1%. Interest rates remain at a record low for the 13th consecutive month. In it's latest Media Release, Board Governor, Phillip Lowe, stated that the decision to keep interest rates at this record low was based on a recovering Australian economy after the setback caused by …
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RBA Cuts Official Interest Rate to 0.50%
The Reserve Bank of Australia today decided to further reduce the current official cash interest rate by another 0.25 basis points. This makes the new 0.50 percent rate the new historic low after the last cut in October 2019. The rate has been kept on hold since its last point cut in October. The decision was also in support of the global coronavirus outbreak which has affected many economies …
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RBA Keeps Current Official Interest Rate
The Reserve Bank of Australia today left the current official cash interest rate unchanged at its historic low level of 0.75 percent. The rate has been kept on hold since its last point cut in October. The decision was also expected by analysts or traders although they are anticipating another cut soon by March or April. In his monetary policy statement earlier, RBA Governor Philip Lowe noted …
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RBA holds rates at 0.75% in December
The Reserve Bank has held interest rates at the record low level of 0.75% this month. Thanks to the expected increase in consumer spending over Christmas and the New Year, the RBA decided to make no change to interest rates in December. Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe said "Given these effects of lower interest rates and the long and variable lags in the transmission of monetary policy, …
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RBA rates hold at 0.75%
The Reserve Bank today decided to hold interest rates at the historic low of 0.75%. The decision to hold interest rates after the October cut was largely expected given a minimal improvement in unemployment and a minor uptick in inflation. RBA governor Philip Lowe said "The low level of interest rates, recent tax cuts, ongoing spending on infrastructure, the upswing in housing prices in some …
RBA drop rates to 0.75% to tackle unemployment
The Reserve Bank has dropped its official cash rate below 1% for the first time as it battles rising unemployment and stimulate a slowing economy. This is the RBA's third cut since June and comes after data showed the unemployment rate has increased to 5.3%, from 4.9% at the start of the 2019. The big banks passed on around 80% of the 50 basis points of cuts in June and July, but are …
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Rates on hold for September
The RBA has kept the official interest rate on hold at its historic low of 1.0%. This comes after the RBA cut interest rates in June and July this year. Before that, the cash rate had sat at 1.5% for the better almost 3 years. RBA governor Philip Lowe said “Economic growth in Australia over the first half of this year has been lower than earlier expected, with household consumption weighed …
