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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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Developments in Banks' Funding Costs and Lending Rates
20 Mar 2014
Bulletin
– March 2014
This article updates previous Reserve Bank research on how developments in the composition and pricing of banks' funding have affected their overall cost of funding and the setting of lending rates (Deans and Stewart 2012; Robertson and Rush 2013).
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2014/mar/8.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, ... For borrowers there has been a great diversity of
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1992/may/1.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 May 2002
Bulletin
– May 2002
The latter has been boosted by low interest rates and rising house prices, as well as an historically low unemployment rate. ... This is the highest rate of issue since the mid 1990s when interest rates also favoured Australian investments.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2002/may/1.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Nov 2001
Bulletin
– November 2001
To be sure, Australian interest rates are now noticeably above those in the US. ... Australia was an exception in that it had reduced interest rates in early September.).
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2001/nov/1.html
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 May 1998
Bulletin
– May 1998
money. The low interest rate environment and good company profitability have supported the US share market. ... This is because arbitrage by market participants works to ensure that three-month interest rates reflect the expected average cash rate over
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1998/may/2.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Nov 2000
Bulletin
– November 2000
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) raised overnight interest rates in August as concerns about deflation and the sustainability of the recovery had ameliorated sufficiently for the overnight call rate to be ... The significance of economic news and interest rates
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2000/nov/1.html
The Movement of Interest Rates
18 Oct 2001
Bulletin
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So if the people askingus to adopt US interest rates are really arguingfor a change of exchange rate regime, thenthere is no dispute that it could probablytechnically be done. ... If, on the other hand, someone is arguingfor adopting US interest rates
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2001/oct/pdf/bu-1001-3.pdf
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