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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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Statement by the Governor, Mr Bernie Fraser: Further Reduction in Interest Rates
8 Jan 1992
Media Releases
Announcement of reduction in the cash rate by 1 percentage point
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/1992/mr-92-03.html
Statement by the Governor, Mr Bernie Fraser: Further Interest Rate Reductions
16 May 1991
Media Releases
Announcement of reduction in the cash rate by 1 percentage point to around 10.50 per cent
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/1991/mr-91-08.html
Statement by the Governor, Mr Ian Macfarlane: Reduction in Interest Rates
23 May 1997
Media Releases
Announcement of reduction in the cash rate from 6.0 per cent to 5.5 per cent
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/1997/mr-97-10.html
3.3 Risk Management
19 Oct 2023
RBA Annual Report
– October 2023
Risk Management | Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report – October 2023
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2023/risk-management.html
Risk Management
20 Sep 2018
RBA Annual Report
– 2018
The Reserve Bank is exposed to very little interest rate risk on its balance sheet liabilities. ... Interest paid on these deposits reflects domestic short-term interest rates, effectively hedging part of the interest rate exposure of the domestic asset
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2018/risk-management.html
Box B: Variable Interest Rates on Housing Loans
10 Mar 2005
FSR
– March 2005
2004. Partly explaining the greater prevalence of lower-rate loans is an increase in market share by non-bank lenders, which have generally offered lower interest rates on their product ranges. ... It has also meant that the increase in interest rates
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2005/mar/box-b.html
The Role of the Exchange Rate in Monetary Policy – the Experience of Other Countries | Conference – 1993
12 Jul 1993
Conferences
If the exchange rate appreciates, interest rates can fall, consistent with an unchanged inflationary pressure. ... If the exchange rate depreciates, then interest rates must be raised to preserve the same counter-inflationary stance of policy.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1993/artis.html
Statement by the Governor, Mr Bernie Fraser: Interest Rate Reductions
3 Sep 1991
Media Releases
Announcement of reduction in the cash rate by 1 percentage point to 9.50 per cent
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/1991/mr-91-15.html
International Interest Rate Linkages and Monetary Policy: The Case of Australia
1 Dec 1988
RDP
8812
Research Discussion Papers contain the results of economic research within the Reserve Bank
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/1988/8812.html
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Risk Management
16 Oct 2015
RBA Annual Report
– 2015
In contrast, securities with floating cash flows carry very little interest rate risk. ... Interest paid on these deposits reflects domestic short-term interest rates, effectively hedging part of the interest rate exposure of the domestic asset portfolio.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2015/risk-management.html