Search: interest rate
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.
Search Results
Interest Rate Benchmarks for the Australian Dollar
20 Sep 2018
Bulletin
– September 2018
Interest rate benchmarks are widely relied upon in global financial markets. They are referenced in contracts for derivatives, loans and securities.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2018/sep/interest-rate-benchmarks-for-the-australian-dollar.html
The Economic Effects of Low Interest Rates and Unconventional Monetary Policy
17 Sep 2020
Bulletin
– September 2020
The cash rate is currently at its effective lower bound and the Reserve Bank has put in place a suite of alternative monetary policy tools.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2020/sep/the-economic-effects-of-low-interest-rates-and-unconventional-monetary-policy.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Aug 2002
Bulletin
– August 2002
In general, short-term interest rates in Asian emerging markets have drifted lower over the past three months (Graph 9). ... year or so by keeping their monthly payments constant as interest rates declined through 2001.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2002/aug/1.html
News and Interest Rate Expectations: A Study of Six Central Banks | Conference – 2004
9 Aug 2004
Conferences
The efficient market hypothesis suggests that interest rate futures incorporate all relevant information about future interest rates that is available at any point in time. ... We measure these using changes in daily implied interest rates from 90-day
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2004/connolly-kohler.html
Discussion of Inflation and Interest Rates
20 Dec 2023
Conferences
PDF
150KB
RBA Annual Conference 2023
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2023/pdf/rba-conference-2023-cochrane-discussion.pdf
5 July 2022 | Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting of the Board
19 Jul 2022
Minutes
Minutes of the monetary policy meeting of the Reserve Bank Board for 5 July 2022
https://www.rba.gov.au/monetary-policy/rba-board-minutes/2022/2022-07-05.html
Semi-Annual Statement on Monetary Policy
10 May 1999
Bulletin
– May 1999
Japan cut its target call rate from 0.25 per cent to 0.15 per cent in February and subsequently guided overnight interbank interest rates to (fractionally above) zero. ... Short-term market interest rates had moved down to near the new cash rate target
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1999/may/1.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Feb 2003
Bulletin
– February 2003
in New Zealand, which has relatively high interest rates and a sharply appreciating exchange rate, the central bank has signalled that it may ease if current trends continue. ... More generally, however, it appears that interest rate differentials are
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2003/feb/1.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 May 2001
Bulletin
– May 2001
Several other emerging market economies, however, have had to raise interest rates despite slowing output growth to counter exchange rate pressures. ... The consequential changes to the expectations about equity returns and interest rates were a
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2001/may/1.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Nov 2005
Bulletin
– November 2005
Statement on Monetary Policy-November 2005
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2005/nov/1.html