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RBA Glossary definition for basis point
basis point – A basis point is 1/100th of 1 per cent or 0.01 per cent, so 100 basis points (bps) is equal to 1 percentage point. The term is used in money and securities markets to define differences in interest or yield. If an interest rate were to increase from 2 per cent to 3 per cent, it is said to have risen by 100 basis points (bps) or one percentage point.
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Cash Rate Pass-through to Outstanding Mortgage Rates
17 Apr 2024
Bulletin
- April 2024
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736KB
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2024/apr/pdf/cash-rate-pass-through-to-outstanding-mortgage-rates.pdf
News and Interest Rate Expectations: A Study of Six Central Banks
27 Nov 2006
Conferences
PDF
206KB
RBA Conference Volume 2004
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2004/pdf/connolly-kohler.pdf
Bulletin
17 Apr 2024
Bulletin
- April 2024
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7253KB
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2024/apr/pdf/bulletin-2024-04.pdf
Decomposing Supply and Demand Driven Inflation
23 Nov 2023
Conferences
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RBA Annual Conference 2023
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2023/pdf/rba-conference-2023-shapiro.pdf
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Nov 2001
Bulletin
– November 2001
the terrorist attacks, and by a further 25 basis points in early October. ... These have reduced the Fed funds target to 2.0 per cent, its lowest level since the early 1960s and 100 basis points below the low point seen in the early
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2001/nov/1.html
Semi-Annual Statement on Monetary Policy
10 May 2000
Bulletin
– May 2000
The United States has now raised the Fed funds target by 125 basis points to 6 per cent in a series of 25 basis point increases. ... Graph 7. Table 4: Policy Interest Rates. Increases since. 1999 low Basis points.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2000/may/1.html
The Transmission of Monetary Policy through Banks' Balance Sheets | Conference – 2018
12 Apr 2018
Conferences
On average since 2003, intermediate pass-through to these non-discretionary components has been 103 to 109 basis points per 100 basis point cash rate change. ... Based on these estimates, a 100 basis point cut in the cash rate is expected to reduce
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2018/brassil-cheshire-muscatello.html
The Reserve Bank's Open Market Operations
10 Jun 2003
Bulletin
– June 2003
The Reserve Bank pays interest on balances held in ES accounts at a rate 25 basis points below the target for the cash rate. ... Graph 1. Since the beginning of 2001, the largest deviation of the cash rate from target has been an undershoot of 6 basis
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2003/jun/1.html
Payments System Entry Points | International Comparisons of Bank Branches – An Update – April 1998 | Financial Sector | Submissions
1 Apr 1998
Submissions
Download 199. KB. The 1994 submission noted that comparisons of countries' banking systems on the basis of bank branches were potentially misleading. ... customers at each of its representation points, around 40 per cent of which are in rural communities.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/international-comparisons-of-bank-branches/payments-system-entry-points.html
Bulletin September Quarter 2023
15 Feb 2024
Bulletin
- September 2023
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2023/sep/pdf/bulletin-2023-09.pdf