Bendigo Bank to cut loan interest rates
Bendigo Bank has passed on the latest interest rate cut, but it won’t take effect until the end of March.
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A Lowe blow for retirees
Urged on by the Treasurer, the RBA’s latest rate cut could prompt retirees into missteps that end badly.
Nation on brink of reverse as virus hit revealed
Treasury and the RBA are forecasting the virus will cut growth by 0.5 percentage points, likely putting the economy in negative territory.
Virus will hurt GDP: RBA’s Debelle
Guy Debelle has warned a dive in student arrivals triggered by the coronavirus will wipe up to half a percentage point from GDP growth in the current March quarter.
A misplaced faith in central banks
The Fed cannot save the US economy from the coronavirus, for two reasons.
Lowe facing rate cut crisis
There’s incontrovertible evidence that debt reduction and household deleveraging is consuming the benefit of lower variable mortgage rates.
’Too many things have gone wrong’: Triguboff
Property billionaire Harry Triguboff says the government won’t be able to fix the economy’s many problems without interest rates staying low for at least five years.
Bank profits tipped to slide
Analysts say big banks will take a profit hit from RBA interest slashing, lining up retirees for a potential triple hit.
Day of the dinosaur can’t be our future
Forget the dinosaurs in the central banks, our politicians have to start planning for a different future.
Banks quick to cut rates amid levy fears
Banks announced the 25-basis-point cut would flow through to borrowers quickly after CEOs were phoned by the Treasurer.
Rate cut just won’t help economy
The dumb decision by the RBA to cut interest rates highlights central banks’ overweighted concern with financial markets.
Housing developers cheers RBA rate cut
The residential property industry remains vulnerable with consumer confidence an issue.
Savers to suffer as RBA cuts cash rate
It might be oxygen for the sharemarket, but the latest rate cut is going to hang savers and older Australians out to dry.
ASX lifts as RBA cuts
Despite the lift on Tuesday, the index remains 10.5 per cent lower from its recent record high.
Banks jump to pass on RBA rate cut
Banks move quickly to cut home loans within minutes of the RBA slashing the official cash rate to a record low.
RBA sticks to the script with rate cut
The RBA has kicked off what’s anticipated to be a global round of interest rate moves with a widely expected cut of 0.25 percentage points.
Central bankers to the rescue
Growing expectations of a co-ordinated central bank response sparked a bounce in Australian shares, the dollar and bond yields.
Rate cuts won’t help: AFIC boss
The head of the country’s largest listed investment company believes an RBA cash rate cut will do little to steady markets.
End of monetary policy era nigh
The era of conventional monetary policy in Australia could be over.
Leaders dubious on rate cuts
Business leaders are unanimous in rejecting the value of another rate cut at this stage and in response to the coronavirus.
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