In a speech to the Merchant Risk Council, Ellis Connolly, Head of Payments Policy, discusses policy issues surrounding online retail payments and updates on reforms to the RBA’s regulatory role in payments as well as the RBA’s upcoming review of retail payments regulation.

Keynote speech by Christopher Kent, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets) – The RBA’s Monetary Policy Implementation System – Some Important Updates – at the KangaNews Debt Capital Market Summit, Sydney

2 天之前 · All 39 economists in the March 24-27 poll expected the RBA to hold its official cash rate , opens new tab at 4.10% at the end of its two-day policy meeting on April 1.

2025年3月20日 · The RBA estimates the unemployment rate is still below its best estimate of sustainable full employment, which it thinks is consistent with an unemployment rate of about 4.5 per cent.

2025年2月18日 · The Reserve Bank cut interest rates on Tuesday afternoon for the first time since November 2020, after keeping rates on hold at 4.35 per cent for more than a year. Look back on the day's developments and insights from our specialist business and political reporters as it happened with our blog.

2025年2月18日 · Interest rates had been kept on hold since they rose in November 2023. (AAP: Paul Miller) The Reserve Bank has finally delivered the rate cut many highly indebted mortgage borrowers have been crying out for. The saying on financial markets is that rate cuts are like cockroaches: there is rarely just one. But this time could be different.

2024年12月10日 · At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate target unchanged at 4.35 per cent and the interest rate paid on Exchange Settlement balances unchanged at 4.25 per cent. Underlying inflation remains too high.

2024年10月21日 · Even better for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), trimmed mean inflation – which eliminates short-term impacts like the rebates – has been in free-fall in alternative measures such as the Melbourne Institute’s monthly gauge, which printed just …

2025年2月24日 · RBA cut the cash rate by 25 basis points, bringing it down to 4.10 per cent which will slash the average home loan by around $103 if banks and lenders pass on the decrease.

2 天之前 · The absence of the truth can constitute a lie. Especially when it comes to monetary policy. Markets and Reserve Bank of Australia watchers are mostly expecting a hold in next week’s April ...