At its monthly meeting today, the Reserve Bank has again confirmed the official cash rate will remain at 0.10%. Concerns continue to be expressed that record low interest rates are fuelling a housing boom, increasingly putting property ownership out of the reach of many prospective first home buyers and placing…
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At its monthly meeting today, the Reserve Bank has again confirmed the official cash rate will remain at 0.10%. As the country starts to discuss what post-lockdown life will look like, the focus out of the meeting will be on the RBA's government bond-buying program. Prior to last month's meeting…
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The Reserve Bank today confirmed the official cash rate will remain at 0.10% for the foreseeable future. News of positive inflation last week is seen as a blip due to the economic impacts of the sustained NSW lockdown. The expectation was that the RBA would increase its government bond buying…
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As anticipated the Reserve Bank board maintained the official cash rate at 0.10% today. Despite the economic handbrake from the latest round of COVID-19 lockdowns, some economists are speculating that the RBA has underestimated the strength of the economic recovery, leading to predications that rates will start to increase towards…
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As widely expected the Reserve Bank held rates at 0.10% at its board meeting today. All eyes will be on the minutes of the meeting to see if there has been any softening on the RBA's stance that rates would not increase until 2024. Since their June meeting there has…
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The RBA held its monthly board meeting today and as expected, maintained the cash rate at 0.10%. As a sign the economy is growing at a healthy but controlled pace, the RBA is heavily focused on restoring inflation to within its 2-3% target range. The recently released March quarter consumer…
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The RBA met today and as predicted by most economic experts left the cash rate at 0.10%.
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The RBA met today, leaving the cash rate at 0.10%, in line with their previous guidance that they expected rates to remain unchanged for some time.
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Today the RBA met for the first time in 2021 and have decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 0.10%.
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After a challenging year, the RBA has met for the final time in 2020 and decided to leave the cash rate unchanged.
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