RBA Updates

In its first meeting of the year, The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to again hold the official cash rate at 4.35%. The decision to maintain the cash rate follows the release of data last week which showed the annual inflation rate is falling faster than expected. This…

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to hold the official cash rate at 4.35%. The decision to maintain the cash rate follows the release of data last week which showed the annual inflation rate had fallen to 4.9% for the year to October 2023.

Following four consecutive monthly pauses, The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has raised the official cash rate by 0.25% to 4.35%. The decision to increase the cash rate follows the recent release of higher than anticipated September 2023 quarter inflation numbers.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has again decided to hold the official cash rate at 4.10%. The decision comes despite annual inflation increasing to 5.2% in August 2023, the first rise in four months.

For the third consecutive month, The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to hold the official cash rate at 4.10%. The decision to maintain the cash rate at 4.10% comes after the monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell to 4.9% in July, down from a peak of 8.4% in…

For the second consecutive month, The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to hold the official cash rate at 4.10%. The decision to keep the official cash rate at 4.10% follows the annual household inflation rate falling from 7% in the March quarter to 6% during the June quarter.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today announced the decision to hold the official cash rate at 4.10%. The decision to keep the official cash rate at 4.10% follows a better-than-expected trend in inflation nationally in last month’s CPI report.

Following a surprise increase last month, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today again decided to increase the official cash rate by 0.25%. The decision to lift the official cash rate to 4.10% was promoted by the April Consumer Price Index increasing from 6.3% to 6.8% and concerns around the…

Following a pause last month, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today decided to increase the official cash rate by 0.25% to 3.85%. Whilst headline inflation eased to 7% during the March quarter, it remains well beyond the RBA’s target range of 2-3%.

Following ten consecutive rate rises, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today decided to hold the official cash rate at 3.60%. Today's decision was spurred by turmoil in global banking markets and the monthly CPI indicator showing local inflation had eased last month.