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RBA Glossary definition for Cash Rate
Cash Rate – The interest rate which banks pay to borrow funds from other banks in the money market on an overnight basis. The cash rate is the Reserve Bank of Australia's operational target for the implementation of monetary policy. It is also an important financial benchmark in the Australian financial markets. It is used as the reference rate for Australian dollar Overnight Indexed Swaps (OIS) and the ASX 30 Day Interbank Cash Rate Futures. The Reserve Bank of Australia is the administrator of the cash rate. The cash rate is calculated as the weighted average interest rate on overnight unsecured loans between banks settled in the Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System (RITS). The Cash Rate is also known by the acronym AONIA in financial markets.
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Credit Spreads, Monetary Policy and the Price Puzzle
1 Jan 2020
RDP
2020-01
in risk premia in large business lending rates is met by an 8 basis point cut to the cash rate. ... Table 2: Estimated Policy Rules with Credit Spreads and Expected Cash Rate Changes.
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Determination of Cash Rates
1 Dec 1992
RDP
9214
In practice, it is the unofficial cash rate which is targeted by the Bank (though, as explained later, the unofficial and official cash rates are about equal). ... take action to keep cash rates close to the announced target rate r.
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The Consequences of Low Interest Rates for the Australian Banking Sector
21 Dec 2022
RDP
2022-08
Figure 8: Cash Rate Pass-through to Banks' Lending Rates. Source: Brassil, Major and Rickards (2022). ... rate. So cash rate reductions remain an effective policy tool during large downturns and at low interest rates.
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Appendix B: Data Definitions
31 Mar 1999
RDP
1999-03
ABS Cat. No. 6202.03, Table 2. From 1990 onwards, the target cash rate. ... Prior to 1990, the unofficial 11am call cash rate. Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin, Table F.1.
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Evaluating Simple Monetary-policy Rules for Australia | Conference – 1997
21 Jul 1997
Conferences
2.53. Δ cash rate. 0.73. 0.91. 1.06. 1.32. 1.71. Autocorrelation (1). ... Δ cash rate. 0.73. 0.29. 0.39. 0.50. 0.60. Autocorrelation (2). 0.65.
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The Cost of Inflation in Australia | Conference – 1992
10 Jul 1992
Conferences
In addition, because housing loan interest costs are not deductible, and because nominal housing loan rates might rise in excess of the rate inflation due to the tax-adjusted Fisher effect ... Suppose borrowers and lenders face different marginal tax
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The Distributional Effects of Monetary Policy: Evidence from Local Housing Markets
1 Feb 2020
RDP
2020-02
In the baseline models, the stance of monetary policy is measured by the cash rate target, as published in RBA statistical table F1 (Interest Rates and Yields – Money Market). ... Carroll et al 2017). Therefore, their discount rates may be relatively
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Monetary Policy, Equity Markets and the Information Effect
23 Mar 2021
RDP
2021-04
Consistent with standard models, unexpected increases in the cash rate cause equity prices to fall (Figure 3). ... The absolute value of the effect is much smaller when using the cash rate as the independent variable.
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The Evolving Structure of the Australian Financial System | Conference – 1996
9 Jul 1996
Conferences
These concerns partly reflected the fact that key lending rates fell less than one-for-one with cash rates during the extended period of cash-rate reductions in the early 1990s, ... Secondly, abstracting from cyclical movements, both deposit and lending
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Financial-asset Prices and Monetary Policy: Theory and Evidence | Conference – 1997
21 Jul 1997
Conferences
appreciation by raising interest rates as the exchange rate signals a rise in the demand for home goods which may lead to inflationary pressures. ... The estimate of the parameter γ implies that the Australian cash rate is raised by around 25 basis
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