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RBA Glossary definition for Real interest rate
Real interest rate – The real interest rate refers to the cost of borrowing money (i.e. the nominal interest rate) net of inflation. It takes account of the fact that part of the nominal interest that borrowers pay to lenders represents compensation for anticipated inflation. The remaining �real� component better reflects the economic cost of borrowing and the return to lending.
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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Firms' Investment Decisions and Interest Rates
18 Jun 2015
Bulletin
– June 2015
Firms typically evaluate investment opportunities by calculating expected rates of return and the payback period (the time taken to recoup the capital outlay). Liaison and survey evidence indicate that Australian firms tend to require expected
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2015/jun/1.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 May 2003
Bulletin
– May 2003
The only industrial country increasing interest rates is Canada. The Bank of Canada raised its policy interest rate by a further 50 basis points to 3.25 per cent in two ... Interest rates have been broadly stable at low levels in Asian emerging markets.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2003/may/1.html
The Movement of Interest Rates
18 Oct 2001
Bulletin
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Overtime, if that were maintained, it would causeinflation to rise, and, with a fixed nominalinterest rate, the real interest rate woulddecline, thus leading to further increases indemand and inflation. ... If, on the other hand, someone is arguingfor
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2001/oct/pdf/bu-1001-3.pdf
The Neutral Interest Rate
10 Feb 2020
Bulletin
September Quarter 2017
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2017/sep/pdf/bu-0917-2-the-neutral-interest-rate.pdf
Semi-Annual Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Nov 1997
Bulletin
– November 1997
As a result, the three reductions in official interest rates during 1996 have been followed by two further declines since the first. ... Markets assessed that the authorities in Hong Kong would resist any change in the exchange rate despite the loss of
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1997/nov/2.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Feb 2002
Bulletin
– February 2002
Further increases in household wealth, together with moderate increases in incomes and the boost to spending power from lower petrol prices and interest rates, have underpinned the growth in consumption. ... As in the major countries, the current level
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2002/feb/1.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Aug 2002
Bulletin
– August 2002
In general, short-term interest rates in Asian emerging markets have drifted lower over the past three months (Graph 9). ... year or so by keeping their monthly payments constant as interest rates declined through 2001.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2002/aug/1.html
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
Bank Interest Rate Margins
10 May 1992
Bulletin
– May 1992
Download 78. KB. Bank interest rate margins – the difference between what interest rates banks borrow at and what they lend at – have been the subject of much discussion in recent years, ... most interest rates and investment returns tended to be
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1992/may/1.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Nov 2001
Bulletin
– November 2001
Graph 10. Macroeconomic policies are responding to this weakness. Central banks around the world have eased monetary policy in an effort to support demand, with real official interest rates in G7 ... Real short-term interest rates in the US are now
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2001/nov/1.html