Consumer sentiment has remained mostly steady during July but remains downbeat overall compared to the same period in 2012, according to the…
Consumer sentiment has remained mostly steady during July but remains downbeat overall compared to the same period in 2012, according to the…
St.George Bank takes on average 15.5 days to pass on RBA cash rate cuts while taking just four days to raise rates, new research by Credit S…
Economists were unsurprised by the Reserve Bank’s decision yesterday to leave the official cash rate unchanged at 2.75% and warn businesses …
Are we seeing a global currency war? It’s a phrase increasingly being used by analysts and financial journalists to describe the perceiv…
The cash rate may be back to what it was in January 1960, but it was a different era for those seeking a home loan. For those who missed …
The last time that money market interest rates were at current levels was 53 years ago. In March 1960, the minimum interest rate applied on …
The Reserve Bank’s decision to cut the official interest rate to the lowest point in over 50 years has been welcomed by economists and bus…
The Westpac Index of Consumer Sentiment dropped by 5.1% in April, despite rises over the past two months and some recent positive economic n…
Yes, a “rate rise looms”. Watch the commentariat stop all that rate cut talk and start to talk confidently about the coming rate rise after …
So, Capt’ Glenn Stevens has been reappointed to head the Reserve Bank of Australia for another three years. The reappointment has been u…
The Reserve Bank decided to keep the official interest rate on hold at 3% today, it announced this afternoon, in line with economists’ expec…
Business borrowing levels have reached their highest since the global financial crisis, but businesses in a range of industries including re…
