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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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Bank Interest Rate Margins
10 May 1992
Bulletin
– May 1992
Download 78. KB. Bank interest rate margins – the difference between what interest rates banks borrow at and what they lend at – have been the subject of much discussion in recent years, ... For borrowers there has been a great diversity of
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Housing Construction Cycles and Interest Rates
1 Oct 2004
RDP
2004-08
Research Discussion Papers contain the results of economic research within the Reserve Bank
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Statement on Monetary Policy
10 May 2003
Bulletin
– May 2003
The only industrial country increasing interest rates is Canada. The Bank of Canada raised its policy interest rate by a further 50 basis points to 3.25 per cent in two ... Interest rates have been broadly stable at low levels in Asian emerging markets.
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Appendix C: The Effect of Different Interest Rate Assumptions
1 Feb 1998
RDP
9803
Download the Paper 344. KB. This appendix sets out an example to show the effect on the variability of interest rates of different interest rate assumptions in forward-looking monetary policy ... If policy-makers are assumed to keep real, rather than
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Appendix C: Expanding the Interest Rate Range
15 Dec 2016
RDP
2016-11
RDP 2016-11: Identifying Interbank Loans from Payments Data Appendix C: Expanding the Interest Rate Range. ... Download the Paper 3.19. MB. This appendix provides some information on the impact of expanding the interest rate range beyond zero (as is done
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Appendix 2: Regressions Using the Change in Interest Rates
1 Jun 1992
RDP
9206
RDP 9206: Loan Rate Stickiness: Theory and Evidence Appendix 2: Regressions Using the Change in Interest Rates. ... Download the Paper 820. KB. REGRESSIONS USING THE CHANGE IN INTEREST RATES.
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Appendix A: Data Sources
1 Nov 1996
RDP
9608
The world short interest rate is calculated as the weighted arithmetic average of short interest rates (3-month Treasury Bills) from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. ... Real interest rates for the exchange rate section are calculated by
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Statement on Monetary Policy
10 May 2002
Bulletin
– May 2002
The latter has been boosted by low interest rates and rising house prices, as well as an historically low unemployment rate. ... This is the highest rate of issue since the mid 1990s when interest rates also favoured Australian investments.
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Semi-Annual Statement on Monetary Policy
10 May 1998
Bulletin
– May 1998
money. The low interest rate environment and good company profitability have supported the US share market. ... This is because arbitrage by market participants works to ensure that three-month interest rates reflect the expected average cash rate over
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Appendix B: A Model of Interest-rate Adjustment
1 Jul 1997
RDP
9703
In this model, inflation is persistent and interest rates affect inflation with a lag. ... In contrast, if η is zero, the correlation between interest-rate changes will be negative.
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