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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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Recent Influences on the Exchange Rate
22 Feb 2001
Bulletin
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biggestinfluence on the exchange rate was theexpectation of what was going to happen toAustralian and US interest rates. ... our interest rates were raised, as it turned out,more or less by the same amount as those inthe United States.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2000/dec/pdf/bu-1200-1.pdf
Economic Literacy in Australia: A First Look
15 Feb 2024
Bulletin
- September 2023
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2023/sep/pdf/economic-literacy-in-australia-a-first-look.pdf
Interest Rate Benchmarks For The Australian Dollar
19 Sep 2018
Bulletin
- September 2018
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2018/sep/pdf/interest-rate-benchmarks-for-the-australian-dollar.pdf
Housing Equity Withdrawal
17 Feb 2003
Bulletin
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Oneimportant aspect of this process is that risinghousing prices, combined with other factorssuch as lower interest rates and financialinnovation, have increased the capacity ofhouseholds to borrow. ... In the US, the prevalence of fixed-rateloans
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2003/feb/pdf/bu-0203-2.pdf
Bulletin December Quarter 2022
8 Dec 2022
Bulletin
- December 2022
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2022/dec/pdf/bulletin-2022-12.pdf
Bulletin December Quarter 2021
9 Dec 2021
Bulletin
- December 2021
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2021/dec/pdf/bulletin-2021-12.pdf
'Speed Limits', Growth and Monetary Policy
22 Feb 2001
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Remarks by Mr GR Stevens, Assistant Governor(Economic), to Economic Society of Australia,Canberra Branch Symposium on ‘Speed Limitsto Growth: Interest Rate Adjustment and theManagement of the Economy’, 31 May 2000. ... Should monetary policy
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2000/jun/pdf/bu-0600-2.pdf
Exchange Rates and Crises
28 Feb 2001
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interest rates will be sustained, then thereis no encouragement to capital inflows(and, in fact, the market may think thatthe exchange rate will fall further when theunsustainable interest rates are lowered). • ... 4. None of this, of course, argues
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1998/feb/pdf/bu-0298-3.pdf
Fallbacks for BBSW Securities
26 Sep 2022
Bulletin
- June 2022
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2022/jun/pdf/fallbacks-for-bbsw-securities.pdf
Government Bond Market Functioning and COVID-19
17 Sep 2020
Bulletin
- September 2020
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2020/sep/pdf/government-bond-market-functioning-and-covid-19.pdf