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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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Financial Conditions
6 Feb 2024
SMP
– February 2024
Financial Conditions | Statement on Monetary Policy – February 2024
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2024/feb/financial-conditions.html
Domestic Financial Markets
10 Feb 2018
SMP
– February 2018
Financial market prices suggest that the cash rate is expected to increase by early next year. ... Expectations of an increase in the cash rate have been brought forward a little.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2018/feb/domestic-financial-markets.html
Economic Outlook
8 May 2020
SMP
– May 2020
The cash rate and other elements of the Bank's monetary stimulus package are assumed to remain around current settings. ... 3). (3). (a) The cash rate is assumed to remain at its current level, with other elements of the Bank's monetary stimulus package,
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2020/may/economic-outlook.html
Economic Outlook
9 Aug 2019
SMP
– August 2019
The domestic forecasts are conditioned on the technical assumption that the cash rate moves in line with market pricing. ... This compares with market pricing for an ongoing cash rate at around 1 per cent at the time of the May.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2019/aug/economic-outlook.html
Economic Outlook
27 Nov 2018
SMP
– November 2018
The domestic forecasts are conditioned on the technical assumption that the cash rate evolves broadly in line with market expectations, which is for no change until at least the end of ... The exchange rate and oil prices are assumed to remain around
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2018/nov/economic-outlook.html
Domestic Economic Conditions
6 Feb 2020
SMP
– February 2020
middle-income tax offset payments in that quarter and by lower interest payments from the recent reductions in the cash rate. ... The slight decline in recent months reflects a noticeable fall in the unemployment rate for females.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2020/feb/domestic-economic-conditions.html
Domestic Financial Markets
27 Nov 2015
SMP
– November 2015
The Reserve Bank Board has maintained the cash rate target at 2 per cent since May. ... Rates on overnight indexed swaps (OIS) indicate that a reduction in the cash rate target is expected sometime in the first half of 2016 (Graph 4.1).
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2015/nov/04-domestic-financial-markets.html
Domestic Economic Condition
10 Nov 2006
SMP
– November 2006
Over recent months, auction clearance rates in Sydney and Melbourne have been lower than earlier in the year, possibly reflecting the increases in the cash rate in May and August. ... While this was significantly below the recorded growth rate in profits
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2006/nov/dom-eco-cond.html
Domestic Financial Markets
10 Feb 2012
SMP
– February 2012
Overnight index swap (OIS) rates now indicate an expectation that the Reserve Bank will reduce the cash rate to around 3 per cent later in the year. ... Most bank and non-bank lenders lowered their variable housing loan indicator rates in line with the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2012/feb/dom-fin-mkts.html
Price and Wage Developments
10 May 2009
SMP
– May 2009
been significantly affected by reductions in the cash rate. ... Over the past half year, mortgage rates have fallen significantly as the cash rate has fallen, while average deposit rates have fallen by less, reflecting both the inertia in some (low-
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2009/may/price-wage-dev.html