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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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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
Discussion on The Smoothing of Official Interest Rates | Conference – 1997
21 Jul 1997
Conferences
rate, making policy reactions relatively unresponsive – and hence interest rates relatively smooth – in the short run. ... Does smoothing of official interest rates mean that the exchange rate is more variable?
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/lindsey-disc.html
Financial-asset Prices and Monetary Policy: Theory and Evidence | Conference – 1997
21 Jul 1997
Conferences
Indeed, simulations with macroeconometric models suggest that exchange-rate changes have more immediate effects on real economic activity than changes in interest rates (Smets 1995). ... appreciation by raising interest rates as the exchange rate signals
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/smets.html
The Distribution of Mortgage Rates
15 Mar 2018
Bulletin
– March 2018
SVRs are indicative rates advertised by lenders and are unlikely to be the actual interest rate paid on a loan. ... The Securitisation Dataset includes data on the interest rate paid on individual loans and provides insights into how actual interest
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2018/mar/the-distribution-of-mortgage-rates.html
Handout and Supplementary Information Prepared for Standing Committee on Economics – September 2016 | Bank Fees and Margins | Submissions
22 Sep 2016
Submissions
Handout and Supplementary Information Prepared for Standing Committee on Economics – September 2016
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/handout-standing-committee-on-economics-2016-09-22/
The Consequences of Low Interest Rates for the Australian Banking Sector
29 Dec 2022
Conferences
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RBA Annual Conference 2022
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2022/pdf/rba-conference-2022-brassil.pdf
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 May 2005
Bulletin
– May 2005
Statement on Monetary Policy-May 2005
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2005/may/1.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Aug 2005
Bulletin
– August 2005
Statement on Monetary Policy-August 2005
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2005/aug/1.html
Discussion of The Economics of Low Interest Rates
29 Dec 2022
Conferences
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RBA Annual Conference 2022
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2022/pdf/rba-conference-2022-mian-discussion.pdf
Semi-Annual Statement on Monetary Policy
10 May 2000
Bulletin
– May 2000
The most recent interest rate adjustments in April and May continued the process of bringing interest rates to levels where that risk would be reduced. ... Interest rate increases in other English-speaking countries have been similar. The Bank of England
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2000/may/1.html