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RBA Glossary definition for interest rate
interest rate – The term used to describe the cost of borrowing money or the return to the owner of the funds which are invested or lent out. It is usually expressed as a percent per annum of the amount of money borrowed, lent or invested.
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Australian Interest Rates and Security Yields
9 Mar 2023
RBA Annual Report
– 1960
The central bank has for some years taken a special interest in Papua and New Guinea. ... These machines are used to handle the inscribed stock accounting, loan applications, and interest payments.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1960/special-activities.html
Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Matters Relating to Credit Card Interest Rates-Introduction
8 May 2024
Submissions
Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Matters Relating to Credit Card Interest Rates. ... very high, lower-rate cards are widely available, as are balance-transfer arrangements where issuers offer zero or low interest rates for a defined period of time.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/inquiry-matters-relating-to-credit-card-interest-rates-2015-08/introduction.html
Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Matters Relating to Credit Card Interest Rates-References
8 May 2024
Submissions
Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Matters Relating to Credit Card Interest Rates. ... Tellez E (2015), ‘Developments in Banks’ Funding Costs and Lending Rates’, RBA Bulletin, March, pp 55–61.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/inquiry-matters-relating-to-credit-card-interest-rates-2015-08/references.html
Note 1 | Financial Statements
20 Aug 2009
RBA Annual Report
– 2009
The pricing of the swap must therefore reflect the interest rates applicable to these money market transactions. ... Interest rates are implicit in the swap contract but interest itself is not paid or received.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2009/fin-statements/note-1.html
Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Matters Relating to Credit Card Interest Rates-Credit cards as sources of credit
8 May 2024
Submissions
The Bank publishes data on average advertised credit card interest rates for ‘standard’ and ‘low-rate’ cards. ... These data are average advertised (ongoing) interest rates rather than the average interest rate actually paid by all holders of
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/inquiry-matters-relating-to-credit-card-interest-rates-2015-08/credit-cards-source-of-credit.html
2.4 Banknotes
19 Oct 2023
RBA Annual Report
– October 2023
Banknotes | Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report – October 2023
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2023/banknotes.html
Note 1 | Financial Statements
8 Sep 2005
RBA Annual Report
– 2005
The pricing of the swap must therefore reflect the interest rates applicable to these money market transactions. ... Interest rates are implicit in the swap contract but interest itself is not paid or received.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2005/fin-statements/note-1.html
Monetary Policy
9 Mar 2023
RBA Annual Report
– 1962
The broad pattern of interest rates on these loans is to be consistent with overall interest rate policy as determined from time to time. ... Interest rates on private borrowings by these bodies also were reduced in February by 7/6d.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1962/monetary-policy.html
Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements
19 Oct 2023
RBA Annual Report
– October 2023
Interest rate risk is the exposure of the defined benefit obligations to adverse movements in interest rates. ... A decrease in interest rates will increase the present value of these obligations.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2023/financial-statements/notes.html
Financial Markets in 1978/79
20 Jun 2023
RBA Annual Report
– 1979
Private short-term interest rates—such as trading yields on commercial bills—fell in July 1978. ... In most months, the average interest rate on loans from clients was below that ruling in the corresponding periods of the previous year.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1979/fin-markets.html