Search: Nominal interest rate
RBA Glossary definition for Nominal interest rate
Nominal interest rate – The nominal interest rate refers to the cost of borrowing money before adjustment for inflation i.e. it includes compensation for the expected erosion of the value of the borrowed funds due to inflation. It is the cost visible to the borrower, and is composed of the real interest rate plus inflation.
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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The Cost of Inflation in Australia | Conference – 1992
10 Jul 1992
Conferences
In addition, because housing loan interest costs are not deductible, and because nominal housing loan rates might rise in excess of the rate inflation due to the tax-adjusted Fisher effect ... In our benchmark inflation-neutral world, a fully-anticipated
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1992/mctaggart.html
Domestic Financial Conditions
10 Feb 2023
SMP
– February 2023
Interest rates on new variable-rate loans remain around 50 basis points lower than rates on outstanding variable-rate loans. ... Graph 3.22. Table 3.2: Average Outstanding Housing Rates. December 2022. Interest rate in Dec 2022.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2023/feb/domestic-financial-conditions.html
Domestic Financial Conditions
4 Aug 2023
SMP
– August 2023
Domestic Financial Conditions | Statement on Monetary Policy – August 2023
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2023/aug/domestic-financial-conditions.html
Discussion on The Smoothing of Official Interest Rates | Conference – 1997
21 Jul 1997
Conferences
However, worth noting at the outset is that the theoretical justification for penalising the change in the official short-term nominal interest rate in the loss function is not so clear. ... Does smoothing of official interest rates mean that the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/lindsey-disc.html
Domestic Financial Conditions
6 May 2022
SMP
– May 2022
Interest rates on outstanding housing and business loans remained low, despite increases in interest rates on some new fixed-rate loans. ... Table 3.1: Average Outstanding Housing Rates. March 2022. Interest rate. (per cent). Change since Feb 2021.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2022/may/domestic-financial-conditions.html
Expectations and the Neutrality of Interest Rates
27 Nov 2023
Conferences
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RBA Annual Conference 2023
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2023/pdf/rba-conference-2023-cochrane.pdf
Discussion on Recent Thinking About Exchange Rate Determination and Policy | Conference – 1993
12 Jul 1993
Conferences
This being said, it is relevant to emphasise two important caveats to the proposition that nominal exchange rate changes tend to induce roughly equivalent changes in real exchange rates. ... In this context, it was noted that the countries with a high
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1993/mussa-disc.html
Economic Outlook
4 Nov 2022
SMP
– November 2022
However, high inflation and rising interest rates are raising the cost of living and will weigh on households income and spending in real terms. ... In particular, expectations for further increases in interest rates, rising construction costs and
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2022/nov/economic-outlook.html
Measuring the Effect of the Zero Lower Bound on Medium- and Longer-Term Interest Rates
13 Dec 2012
Research Workshop
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Reserve Bank of Australia Workshop 2012
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/workshops/research/2012/pdf/swanson-williams.pdf
Economic Outlook
10 Feb 2023
SMP
– February 2023
low savings) are finding it hard to adjust to higher interest rates and higher inflation. ... Many households are well placed to absorb higher interest rate costs without significant spending cuts.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2023/feb/economic-outlook.html