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RBA Glossary definition for Cash Rate

Cash Rate – The interest rate which banks pay to borrow funds from other banks in the money market on an overnight basis. The cash rate is the Reserve Bank of Australia's operational target for the implementation of monetary policy. It is also an important financial benchmark in the Australian financial markets. It is used as the reference rate for Australian dollar Overnight Indexed Swaps (OIS) and the ASX 30 Day Interbank Cash Rate Futures. The Reserve Bank of Australia is the administrator of the cash rate. The cash rate is calculated as the weighted average interest rate on overnight unsecured loans between banks settled in the Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System (RITS). The Cash Rate is also known by the acronym AONIA in financial markets.

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Cash Rate Pass-through to Outstanding Mortgage Rates

18 Apr 2024 Bulletin – April 2024
Benjamin Ung
The interest rate paid by outstanding mortgage borrowers increased by around 320 basis points between May 2022 and December 2023, around 105 basis points less than the cumulative increase in the cash rate over this period.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2024/apr/cash-rate-pass-through-to-outstanding-mortgage-rates.html

Developments in Banks' Funding Costs and Lending Rates

19 Mar 2020 Bulletin – March 2020
Susan Black, Dmitry Titkov and Lydia Wang
Banks’ funding costs declined over 2019, driven by reductions in the cash rate.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2020/mar/developments-in-banks-funding-costs-and-lending-rates.html

Developments in Banks' Funding Costs and Lending Rates

16 Mar 2023 Bulletin – March 2023
Vincent Carse, Anthea Faferko and Rachael Fitzpatrick
Banks’ funding costs rose over 2022, driven by increases in the cash rate and in expectations for the future path of the cash rate.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2023/mar/developments-in-banks-funding-costs-and-lending-rates.html

The Cash Market

15 Dec 2016 Bulletin – December 2016
Al Hing, Gerard Kelly and David Olivan
The cash market is the market for unsecured, overnight loans between banks. The weighted average of interest rates on these loans is the cash rate, the Reserve Bank's operational target for monetary policy and an important financial benchmark. Over
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2016/dec/4.html

The Reserve Bank's Open Market Operations

10 Jun 2003 Bulletin – June 2003
The cash rate is determined in the interbank market for unsecured overnight loans. ... The use of market rates to evaluate bids/offers at different maturities ensures that the Reserve Bank's own views about the forward path of the target cash rate have
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2003/jun/1.html

Interest Rate Benchmarks for the Australian Dollar

20 Sep 2018 Bulletin – September 2018
Serena Alim and Ellis Connolly
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

Fixed-rate Housing Loans: Monetary Policy Transmission and Financial Stability Risks

16 Mar 2023 Bulletin – March 2023
Gian-Piero Lovicu, Jin Lim, Anthea Faferko, Amelia Gao, Anirudh Suthakar and Declan Twohig
Fixed-rate borrowing increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has delayed the effect of the higher cash rate on borrowers’ cash flows.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2023/mar/fixed-rate-housing-loans-monetary-policy-transmission-and-financial-stability-risks.html

Developments in Banks' Funding Costs and Lending Rates

16 Mar 2017 Bulletin – March 2017
Belinda Cheung
This article updates previous Reserve Bank research on the ways in which developments in the composition and pricing of banks' debt funding have affected their overall cost of funds and influenced lending rates. Major banks' outstanding funding
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2017/mar/5.html

Extracting Information from Financial Market Instruments

10 Mar 2012 Bulletin – March 2012
Richard Finlay and David Olivan
OIS rates nonetheless provide a useful and simple source of data for estimating cash rate expectations out to one year. ... Financial markets provide a significant amount of information about expectations of the cash rate, risk-free rates and inflation.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2012/mar/6.html

The Transmission of Monetary Policy: How Does It Work?

15 Sep 2017 Bulletin – September 2017
Tim Atkin and Gianni La Cava
The transmission of monetary policy refers to how changes to the cash rate affect economic activity and inflation. This article outlines the stages of transmission and the channels through which it occurs. The effects of monetary policy are hard to
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2017/sep/1.html