Mortgage stress…What mortgage stress?

Friday, March 30th, 2012

For most people, the Reserve Bank of Australia’s bi-annual Financial Stability Review is a tough read. For anyone interested in the housing market however, the section on household balance sheets (pages 41 to 46) is essential reading. Of particular interest is the analysis on mortgage arrears across Australia and the comparisons ...

RBA minutes signal no immediate rate rise

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

Minutes from the most recent Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board meeting reveal a greater concern with the global economy and less emphasis on the need for domestic interest rate rises. View full post on ABC News: Business

Mining boom the focus for the RBA

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

The Reserve Bank of Australia says it is closely watching for a pick-up in the resources boom ahead of its next move on interest rates. View full post on ABC News: Business

Australia shares slip ahead of RBA, Fed meetings

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

(Adds detail) SYDNEY, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Australian stocks slipped 0.2percent as investors paused ahead of policy meetings by theReserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the U.S. Federal Reserve,and elections in the U.S. View full post on Market news | ninemsn Money

Modest reduction in interest rate

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

The Reserve Bank of Australia met today to discuss the state of the global economic crisis, and how Australia is faring in comparison to other countries, including its trading partners. They have determined that another modest drop in the official cash rate is necessary to continue to stabilise the downturn. In ...

CBA Drop Credit Card Interest Rates

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

With all the expectation and concentration on the reserve bank decision this week, we clean forgot to let you know of a change in interest rates for our "compare credit cards" area of the website. Last Thursday the Commonwealth Bank of Australia lowered it's interest rates across the board for ...