Posts tagged "Australian interest rates"

The RBA has kept interest rates on ice in a widely expected move that will be welcomed by financially strained borrowers.

If the Reserve Bank does push up interest rates again, the most likely next date is its next board meeting, on Melbourne Cup Tuesday.

What if the Reserve Bank achieves something truly remarkable – a steady decline in inflation without further interest rate increases, and without bringing on a recession?

The Reserve Bank decided to keep interest rates on hold at 4.1% because it thinks there’s a chance – just a chance – it has lifted them all it needs to.

The decision to hike interest rates again after a month on pause has raised concerns the Reserve Bank could nudge the economy into a recession.

Inflation is likely to keep easing as both the “headline” and “trimmed mean” measures are heading in the right direction.

Unemployment has barely budged even as the central bankers do all they can to cool the economy.

The RBA has been relying on house prices falling to help reduce consumption and lower inflation. The bank has left itself the option to lift interest rates next time it meets, in early May.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is predicted to announce an interest rate rise of 0.25% to 0.5% today, which could take the cash rate to 1.85%.

It’d be wrong to interpret the Reserve Bank's decision to cut its cash rate to 0.10% as an emergency response to the COVID-19 crisis.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is widely expected to announce a historic interest rate cut. But what does that mean for small businesses?