The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has again decided to hold the official cash rate at 4.10%. The decision comes despite annual inflation increasing to 5.2% in August 2023, the first rise in four months.
For the third consecutive month, The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to hold the official cash rate at 4.10%. The decision to maintain the cash rate at 4.10% comes after the monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell to 4.9% in July, down from a peak of 8.4% in…
For the second consecutive month, The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to hold the official cash rate at 4.10%. The decision to keep the official cash rate at 4.10% follows the annual household inflation rate falling from 7% in the March quarter to 6% during the June quarter.
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today announced the decision to hold the official cash rate at 4.10%. The decision to keep the official cash rate at 4.10% follows a better-than-expected trend in inflation nationally in last month’s CPI report.
Following a surprise increase last month, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today again decided to increase the official cash rate by 0.25%. The decision to lift the official cash rate to 4.10% was promoted by the April Consumer Price Index increasing from 6.3% to 6.8% and concerns around the…
As widely expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today increased the official cash rate by 0.50% to 2.35%. This brings the total of increases made since May to 2.25% as the RBA continues to battle a very stubborn inflation foe. In making this latest increase our central bank will…
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today decided to increase the official cash rate by 0.50% to 1.85%. The increase follows a slightly better than expected annual inflation figure of 6.1 per cent in the June quarter and falling house prices in some eastern state cities. Balancing out these factors…
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today decided to increase the official cash rate, by 0.50% to 1.35%. With the RBA continuing to try and head off inflation before it takes too strong a hold on our economy, the decision was made to raise the rate. Lenders can set interest…
The Reserve Bank today decided to increase the cash rate, by 0.50% to 0.85%. The RBA has made the decision to increase rates primarily as a lever to return inflation to its target levels, which is currently sitting higher than target at 5.1%. Wage growth is currently at 2.4%, which…
At its monthly meeting today, the Reserve Bank has decided to increase the official cash rate from 0.10% to 0.35%. An increase in rates has been highly anticipated following the release of higher than expected inflation figures last week. There was however speculation that the RBA may have delayed this…