Reserve Bank lifts official cash rate to 1.85%

Reserve Bank lifts official cash rate to 1.85%

by admin | Aug 29, 2022 | Economic Review | 0 comments

Increase in interest rates is a further step in the normalisation of monetary conditions in Australia. The increase in interest rates over recent months has been required to bring inflation back to target and to create a more sustainable balance of demand and supply...
RBA raises cash rate by half a percentage point

RBA raises cash rate by half a percentage point

by admin | Jul 28, 2022 | Economic Review | 0 comments

At its meeting 5 July 2022, the Board of Reserve Bank of Australia decided to increase the cash rate target by 50 basis points to 1.35 per cent. It also increased the interest rate on Exchange Settlement balances by 50 basis points to 1.25 per cent.Global inflation is...
Reserve Bank of Australia cuts cash rate to just 0.50%

Reserve Bank of Australia cuts cash rate to just 0.50%

by admin | Mar 11, 2020 | Economic Review | 0 comments

At its meeting on 3/3/2020, the Board decided to lower the cash rate by 25 basis points to 0.50 per cent. The Board took this decision to support the economy as it responds to the global coronavirus outbreak. The coronavirus has clouded the near-term outlook for the...

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