Low inflation keeps door open for RBA on interest rates

Monday, April 29th, 2013

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the Consumer Price Index figures for the first quarter of 2013 earlier this week.  The figures, which measure inflation, showed an increase of 0.4% over the quarter following a 0.2% rise over the December 2012 quarter.  Based on data over the past six ...

THE DISTILLERY: Raking over rates

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

Jotters consider what's next for interest rates, with one suggesting low inflation may flag more cuts. 6 Feb 2013 7:19 AM View full post on WBC | RSS Business News Feed | Business Spectator

Will the gap between the cash rate and mortgage rates come back to ‘normal levels’? Not likely in the near future.

Monday, June 11th, 2012

Up until December 2007 the gap between variable mortgage rates and the Reserve Bank’s cash rate was 180 basis points; a gap which hardly changed between 1997 and the end of 2007. Since the onset of the GFC the only consistency between the variable mortgage rate and the cash rate ...

RBA rates will hit record low in 2012: Westpac’s Evans

Sunday, June 3rd, 2012

Chief economist says RBA's interest rates will fall as low as 2.75%. 1 Jun 2012 4:47 AM View full post on WBC | RSS Business News Feed | Business Spectator

What’s more important…? How much of the RBA’s 50 basis point cash rate cut the banks have passed on or which bank actually has the lowest interest rates?

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

There has been a great deal of hype around how Australia’s banks are deviating from the historic norm of adjusting their mortgage rates in line with the Reserve Bank of Australia cash rate moves.  Two weeks ago, when the RBA slashed the cash rate by 50 basis points and the ...