As widely anticipated by the market, RBA announced to keep interest rate unchanged at 3% for the second month. The most stunning comment by the central bank is that moderation in inflation pressure ma...

RBA Governor Stevens has stated that the world economy appears to still be very weak even though the credit markets have improved over the last few months. Demand has not weakened as much as in other ...

Changes in rates affect interest rates in consumer loans, mortgages, and bond rates. Since short term interest rates essentially reflect the return on holding a currency, rate decisions usually affect...

The release of the RBA monetary policy statement has had no effect on the aussie, so far. The pair is virtually unchanged since the start of the Asian session, trading near the 0.7530 level...

Consistent with market expectation, RBA decided to keep cash rate unchanged at 3% today after a 25 bps reduction 4 weeks ago. Since the last meeting, there have been signs of stabilization in several ...

The Bank of Australia decided to keep rates on hold, after their last interest rate meeting held at the beginning of April where they reduced the interest rate by 25 basis points in an unexpected move...

Changes in rates affect interest rates in consumer loans, mortgages, and bond rates. Since short term interest rates essentially reflect the return on holding a currency, rate decisions usually affect...

The RBA announced to cut interest rate by 25 bps to 3% today, the lowest level in 49 years. The decision was against market expectation that the central bank will keep things on hold in April. Main re...

In a surprise move the Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to reduce the current cash rate to 3.00%. RBA Governor Stevens has stated that the world economy appears to still be very weak even though ...

Changes in rates affect interest rates in consumer loans, mortgages, and bond rates. Since short term interest rates essentially reflect the return on holding a currency, rate decisions usually affect...

Against market expectation of at least a 25 bps cut, the RBA kept the policy rate unchanged at 3.25% in March. This is the first time in 7 months that the central bank decided not be slash interest ra...

The Reserve Bank of Australia held its overnight cash rate at 3.25% despite expectations calling for a 0.25% cut in the main policy rate. For the first time in seven months, the central bank left rate...

In a surprise move the Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to keep the current cash rate at 3.00 percent effective 3 March 2009. RBA Governor Stevens has stated that the world economy appears to sti...

The Australian dollar is trading at a critical point, as AUD/USD is aggressively testing a trendline that has served as support since October 2008. With the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) due to anno...

The Reserve Bank of Australia is anticipated to lower the official cash rate by another 25bp to 3.00% in an effort to keep the $1T economy afloat, and as the economy teeters on the brink of a recessio...

Changes in rates affect interest rates in consumer loans, mortgages, and bond rates. Since short term interest rates essentially reflect the return on holding a currency, rate decisions usually affect...

The main factor of the synchronized deterioration in global activity started with the shock to confidence caused by the Lehman Brothers collapse in September of 2008. The weakening in spending and ac...

The RBA cut its main policy rate by another 100 bps, and the Australian government announced a fiscal stimulus package. These measures should help to limit the severity of the incipient recession down...

The Reserve Bank of Australia has lowered its interest rate a full 100 basis points to 3.25 percent. Governor Glenn Stevens has lowered the rate to a low not seen during the last two decades. By doing...

The Reserve Bank of Australia slashed its overnight cash rate by 100 basis points to 3.25% as expected by a survey of economists. Since August the bank has slashed rates by a whopping 400 basis points...

The Australian dollar is likely to face increased selling pressures over the following week as the Reserve Bank of Australia is widely expected to lower the benchmark interest rate by 100bp to 3.25%, ...

Changes in rates affect interest rates in consumer loans, mortgages, and bond rates. Since short term interest rates essentially reflect the return on holding a currency, rate decisions usually affect...

The RBA cut the cash rate by 100 bps to 4.25% after the December Board meeting. This is the nation's biggest reduction in interest rate since 1991. There had been a wide range of market expectation fo...

The Reserve Bank of Australia cut interest rates by a greater-than-expected 100 basis points, bringing borrowing costs to six-year low at 4.25%. As had been suggested in the minutes from the bank's la...

The Reserve Bank of Australia slashed its benchmark cash rate by 100bp to 4.25%. Economists expected a cut of 75bp to 4.50%. The RBA's announcement stated "together with the spending measures announce...

The Reserve Bank of Australia has lowered its interest rate a full 100 basis points to 4.25 percent. Governor Glenn Stevens has lowered the rate to a low not seen during the last six years. By doing t...

The Reserve Bank of Australia is widely expected to lower the benchmark interest rate to 4.50% from 5.25% as the growth outlook for the $1T economy turns bleak. A Bloomberg News survey showed that 15 ...

We expect December to be another active month for the foreign exchange market as central banks around the world take their interest rates to historically significant levels. There are 4 central banks ...

The international environment has weakened considerably. The Bank’s forecasts incorporate a projection that average growth in Australia’s major trading partners will slow sharply from around 3.75 perc...

The Reserve Bank of Australia has stated that the gross domestic product forecast has been reduced in the wake of slower global demand and that more rate cuts may be necessary. The bank expects unempl...

First Some History: From a cyclical low of 4.25% in early 2002, the Reserve Bank of Australia lifted its cash rate in numerous steps to a peak of 7.25%. The final increases were administered in Februa...

The Reserve Bank of Australia rate decision will set the stage this week as Governor Glenn Stevens is anticipated to lower the benchmark interest rate by 50bp to 5.50% ahead of the ECB and BoE policy ...

Changes in rates affect interest rates in consumer loans, mortgages, and bond rates. Since short term interest rates essentially reflect the return on holding a currency, rate decisions usually affect...

The Reserve Bank of Australia shocked the markets, issuing a full 100 basis point interest rate cut, the largest since 1992, to bring borrowing costs to 6.00%. RBA Governor Glenn Stevens said the move...

The Reserve Bank of Australia continues the cutting cycle as the economic expansion cools and the business cycle peaks. The central bank cut for a second time this year, after the bank cut at the begi...

The central banks of Australia and Japan have pumped more than $11 billion into their financial systems to ease their money market rates, which were close to near record highs as banks hoard their cas...

The Australian dollar has been remarkably weak across the majors as risk aversion leads carry trades to sell-off sharply. Meanwhile, the Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to cut rates by 50bps to ...

The Reserve Bank of Australia rate decision will kick the slew of market moving indicators this week, and may trigger heavy selling pressures for the Australian dollar as the bank is anticipated to lo...

The aussie has fallen by 110 pips since the open of the new day and after the monetary policy meeting minutes were released there was little change as the pair trades just below the S1 LFB pivot point...

US interest rates and rate expectations fell sharply from mid-2007 through early 2008, but the term structure on the US dollar yield curve clearly shows markets expect much more through the coming two...

The market is expecting to see the reserve Bank of Australia reduce overnight lending to 7.00% on Tuesday, a cut of 25 basis points in a move that looks as though has already been priced into Aud/Usd ...

The market is expecting to see the reserve Bank of Australia reduce overnight lending to 7.00% on Tuesday, a cut of 25 basis points in a move that looks as though has already been priced into Aud/Usd ...

The Board has decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 7.25 percent, but said it may need to cut rates soon to avoid a slowdown in the economy. Tighter financial conditions are causing the economy ...

Central banks will enact varying monetary policy in order to control price stability and economic growth. For some countries, central bank officials are required to enact policy that keeps domestic in...

The overnight rate in Australia was left at 7.25, inline with analyst estimation, but for the first time in years it seems that the central bank puts more empathy on assuring growth than fighting infl...

The Reserve Bank of Australia validated market expectations, keeping interest rates at 7.25%. Much of the accompanying statement remained unchanged as Governor Glenn Stevens again highlighted “opposin...

The Reserve Bank of Australia kept interest rates at 7.25% in line with expectations. Governor Glenn Stevens has held rates in place for three months now, maintaining that borrowing costs are "substan...

The RBA rate decision will be closely watched by traders as the central bank left the possibility of a rate hike after they were more hawkish than expected at their last meeting. The MPC had considera...