Noose tightens around errant bank chiefs
SENIOR execs could face multi-million dollar penalties if found to have colluded on rate rises.
Interest Rates
RBA decision was the ‘rise we needed’
RESERVE Bank, CBA should be thanked for giving economy what it needs, writes Terry McCrann.
RBA rates decision statement
A Statement by Glenn Stevens, governor: monetary policy decision
RBA to hold rate reins for sixth month
CUP Day punters could have an extra reason to cheer, with the odds strongly in favour of the Reserve Bank holding interest rates.
Pressure your bank for better loan deal
MYSTERY shopper finds out how much you can save by bartering with the banks on mortgages.
‘Please, banks, play fair on Cup Day’
WAYNE Swan pleads with banks not to gouge borrowers with a Melbourne Cup Day rate rise.
Funding will stay expensive, CBA warns
CBA’s chief executive paves the way for interest rate rises outside of official RBA rate movements.
Warning: Prepare for rate pain, Australia
INTERNATIONAL authority says interest rate rise needed because of region’s economic’s strength.
Rate rise a matter of time – Reserve Bank
BOARD minutes from the Reserve Bank reveal it “cannot wait indefinitely” to raise rates due to inflationary pressure.
Rates certain to rise, warns Westpac chief
MORTGAGE rates “are going to go up” as tailwinds from the global financial crisis lash the domestic banking sector.
October out, November rate rise likely
THE Reserve Bank (RBA) has defied market expectations and left the cash rate unchanged at 4.5 per cent for the fifth straight month.
Aussie borrowers face bleak Christmas
RBA expected to raise rates tomorrow, amid a warning that property prices will keep on rising.
Banks to compound interest rates pain
BIG banks set to lift mortgage interest rates above official line but RBA may hold off increase anyway.
Five rate rises on the way, says insider
FORMER RBA economist gives warning bank will put up rates to 5.75 per cent by end of 2011.
Interest rate decision April
Interest rate decision.
Reserve Bank keeps interest rates steady
RESERVE Bank leaves its cash rate unchanged at 4.5 per cent.
RBA September interest rate statement
FULL statement by Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens about the board’s September monetary policy decision.
Reserve Bank keeps official rates at 4.5pc
HOMEOWNERS spared higher mortgage payments after the Reserve Bank holds fire on rates.
Strong data increases rate hike chance
RETAIL trade and building approvals figures “blitz expectations”, making a rate hike “all but certain” before 2011.
RBA ‘comfortable’ with current rate levels
THE Reserve Bank left rates on hold in August saying the existing level was appropriate for the time being.
CBA tipped to move on interest rates
THE nation’s biggest bank warns it could raise rates independently of the RBA after conceding its margins were struggling.
RBA outlook hints at interest rates pause
RBA sticks to forecasts for strong growth, but much depends on mining projects and private spending.
Relief for home owners as RBA holds fire
THE Reserve Bank has left its official interest rate at 4.5 per cent on hold for a third straight month.
RBA can give us a rate-rise holiday
GLENN Stevens can take a holiday – the Reserve Bank Governor won’t need to raise rates next week.
Killer rate rise to hit marginal seats
RBA expected to raise rates to contain price rises – two issues Labor has identified as being of critical importance in marginals.
‘Election won’t stop us raising rates’
INTEREST rates could go up in the middle of the election campaign, the Reserve Bank warns.
Inflation holds rates key – Reserve Bank
THE Reserve Bank is waiting for key inflation data before it decides what to do with rates next month.
Unchanged rate may kill savings returns
THE era of unusually high interest rates on savings accounts might be at an end, an analyst warns.
Labor runs risk of election rate rise
RBA chief’s warning over inflation may pose problems for Prime Minister during campaign.
Financial relief as rates likely to hold
THE first decision on official interest rates since Julia Gillard became PM will be taken tomorrow.
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