RBA leaves rates unchanged
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has left interest rates unchanged at 3.25 percent, citing a rise in inflation as a driving factor behind its decision.
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Slowing growth brings about rate cut
The Reserve Bank of Australia cut the official cash by 25 basis points today, citing slowing economic and credit growth as two of the key drivers behind its decision.
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RBA leaves cash rate unchanged
The Reserve Bank has again left the official cash rate on hold at 3.5 percent, citing on trend inflation and growth as well as a rise in the number of businesses applying for credit.
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SMEs using home loans to finance business, research finds
A large proportion of SME’s are doubly invested in today’s interest rate decision with many using their home loan to finance their businesses.
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NAB and CBA fail to pass on full rate cut
The National Australia Bank and the Commonwealth Bank are the first of the Big Four banks to reduce their standard variable interest rates following Tuesday’s official rate cut by the Reserve Bank, with both failing to pass on the full amount.
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Interest rates held by RBA at 4.25 percent
The Reserve Bank of Australia has held the official interest rate for the third consecutive month, citing close to trend growth, inflation and lending rates.
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Consumer sentiment falls as rates concerns rise
Consumer confidence fell by five percent in March, as Australians worry about rising interest rates and falling employment levels.
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Consumer confidence bounces back
Businesses have welcomed news of a surprise jump in consumer sentiment, as the number of optimists outweighs the number of pessimists for the first time in some months.
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What’s going on with lending interest rates?
We’re obsessed with interest rates in Australia, keeping a keen eye on RBA decisions and subsequent reactions from lenders. But just what’s going on with rates at the moment? MYOB’s Kristy Sheppard explains…
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Consumer sentiment recovers only slightly, despite rate cuts
Two consecutive interest rate cuts have failed to boost post-Christmas consumer sentiment, a result economists have called “disappointing.” But slowing inflation means businesses may benefit from more rate cuts in the months to come.
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Interest rate cut cheers small businesses
The Reserve Bank (RBA) has cut the national interest rate to 4.25 percent, the second consecutive cut it has made in its monthly meetings—the first back-to-back monthly cuts since April 2009.
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To fix or not to fix interest rates?
Brad Callaughan looks at whether you should be fixing your interest rate.
“The RBA will need to cut rates to keep the economy going, especially coming into Christmas…”
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Rate cuts bump up consumer sentiment
Consumer sentiment has jumped 6.3 percent this month, thanks largely to the Reserve Bank’s decision to cut interest rates.
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Payment industry warned to better infrastructure or face intervention
An “unacceptable number” of payment system outages over the past 12 months has led the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) payment arm to warn the industry to boost innovation and stability or face regulatory intervention.
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RBA leaves rates unchanged at 4.75 percent
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has announced it will leave the cash rate unchanged at 4.75 percent for the tenth consecutive month.
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Inflation dips in August as RBA decision looms
Inflation fell 0.1 percent in August after rising 0.3 percent in July, with sliding prices of fruit and vegetables more than offsetting price rises for private motoring, furniture and furnishings, and household services.
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Government enacts changes to ease burden of bank switching
The Government announced reforms designed to make it easier for people to switch banks overnight, with a Treasury-led working party to ensure the changes are enacted by July 1 2012.
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RBA holds rates at 4.75 percent
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left the cash rate unchanged at 4.75 percent during its meeting in Sydney today; citing slow growth of the global economy and continued economic volatility in Europe and the US as drivers behind its decision.
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RBA holds rates at 4.75 percent
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to hold interest rates at 4.75 percent, leaving the official cash rate at the same level it’s sat at since November 2010, when the RBA last increased it by 0.25 percent.
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Commonwealth Bank raises interest rates 0.45%
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has increased interest rates its range of home loan products by 0.45 percent, almost double the official interest rate rise from the Reserve Bank of Australia yesterday.
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