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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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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
7 November 2023 | Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting of the Board
21 Nov 2023
Minutes
Minutes of the monetary policy meeting of the Reserve Bank Board for 7 November 2023
https://www.rba.gov.au/monetary-policy/rba-board-minutes/2023/2023-11-07.html
5 December 2023 | Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting of the Board
19 Dec 2023
Minutes
Minutes of the monetary policy meeting of the Reserve Bank Board for 5 December 2023
https://www.rba.gov.au/monetary-policy/rba-board-minutes/2023/2023-12-05.html
The Impact of Interest Rates on Bank Profitability: A Retrospective Assessment Using New Cross-country Bank-level Data
8 Jun 2023
RDP
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interest rates results in a 5 basis point decline in net interest margins in the short run. ... during normal times, a 100 basis point reduction in short-term interest rates reduces smaller banks’.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2023/pdf/rdp2023-05.pdf
Bulletin
29 Jan 2024
Bulletin
- January 2024
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2024/jan/pdf/bulletin-2024-01.pdf
The Economy and Financial Markets
10 Feb 2000
Bulletin
– February 2000
February. This takes the Federal Funds rate to 5 per cent, 100 basis points higher than the low point reached in late 1998. ... Graph 7. Table 3: Policy Interest Rates. Increases. since 1999. low Basis points.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2000/feb/1.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Aug 2003
Bulletin
– August 2003
In the US, yields are now over 100 basis points above the troughs reached in early June. ... basis points rather than the 50 basis points that had been widely anticipated.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2003/aug/1.html
1 August 2023 | Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting of the Board
15 Aug 2023
Minutes
Minutes of the monetary policy meeting of the Reserve Bank Board for 1 August 2023
https://www.rba.gov.au/monetary-policy/rba-board-minutes/2023/2023-08-01.html
MARTIN Has Its Place: A Macroeconometric Model of the Australian Economy
1 Aug 2019
RDP
2019-07
We impose a small coefficient on this latter variable, which implies that a 100 basis point decrease in interest rates raises the long-run level of consumption by 0.05 per ... The long run component of the non-mining business investment equation is based
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Monetary Policy, Equity Markets and the Information Effect
23 Mar 2021
RDP
2021-04
For the one-year-ahead forecast, a 100 basis point increase in the OIS curve causes expected earnings growth of the ASX 200 to fall by 1.9 percentage points. ... The one-year-ahead earnings growth forecasts for the materials sector fall by 9.4 percentage
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