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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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Box D: Enhancing the Transparency of Interest Rates
6 Feb 2020
SMP
– February 2020
Statement on Monetary Policy – February 2020 Box D. Enhancing the Transparency of Interest Rates. ... Mortgage rates vary across interest-only and principal-and-interest repayments, variable- and fixed-rate loans, loan sizes and loan-to-valuation
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2020/feb/box-d-enhancing-the-transparency-of-interest-rates.html
Recent Developments in Interest Rates on Bank Lending
10 Apr 1999
Bulletin
– April 1999
This cut largely closed the gap between the interest rate on banks' standard variable-rate loans and mortgage managers' rates. ... This is the only form of personal lending where interest rates have fallen further than the cash rate.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1999/apr/1.html
Risk Management
17 Oct 2019
RBA Annual Report
– 2019
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/2019/risk-management.html
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 Ian Macfarlane: Reduction in Interest Rates
30 Jul 1997
Media Releases
Announcement of reduction in the cash rate by 50 basis points, to 5.0 per cent
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/1997/mr-97-15.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
Semi-Annual Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Nov 1998
Bulletin
– November 1998
The move aimed to profit either from a fall in the exchange rate or, more likely, a weakening in the share market as interest rates rose in response to exchange rate ... A similar pattern of short-term interest rates was evident in late August and early
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1998/nov/1.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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