Interest Rates Archive
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Explore the implications of the RBA's recent cash rate hold at 4.35% and its influence on mortgages. Understand what it means for your finances in 2024.
Strategic Financial Advice
Australian inflation is very high. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has been focusing on reducing inflation through the main policy tool available in the central bank’s toolkit – interest rates.
Strategic Financial Advice
July was a relatively uneventful month in financial markets and volatility remained low. Risk assets continued to perform well despite a sharp increase in the oil price. In fact July was the best month for oil since January 2022.
Financial Updates
Inflation will stay higher for longer than originally anticipated. As a result, interest rates are expected to continue to increase, albeit at a slower rate, with the RBA resetting their view along the journey.
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With interest rates continuing to rise, we just wanted to check in to see how you’re doing! Is it Time to Re-Finance? Our team of mortgage brokers are here to help.
Financial Updates
The 2022 Luna New Year, Year of the Tiger, is courage and bravery. It is a year to drive out evil and one of momentum and change. The message; walk boldly with courage. And it seems the Reserve Bank Governor is aligned with this sentiment.
Lending & Finance
The RBA has kept the cash rate on hold for the 22nd consecutive board meeting at a historical low of 1.5 per cent. At this point in time it is expected interest rates will remain on hold well into 2019.
Strategic Financial Advice
It’s nearly two years since the Reserve Bank of Australia last changed interest rates – when it cut rates to a record low of 1.5% in August 2016. That’s a record period of inaction – or boredom for those who like to see action on rates whether it’s up or down.
Lending & Finance
The RBA board has decided to leave the cash rate on hold at a record low of 1.5%.
Lending & Finance
As a result of the “slow down” in investment lending combined with significant losses in market share, major and non-major banks and lenders who imposed heavy restrictions on investment lending are now again open for investment business.
Lending & Finance
The RBA has again left interest rates on hold at the historical low of 1.50%. There has been no changes to the cash rate since August 2016. However over the past few weeks out of cycle rate hikes by the major banks and second tier lenders have made front page headlines. These interest rate increases ranged from negligible increases to owner occupied loans to smacking investors and those whose loans feature interest only repayments with some significant increases.
Lending & Finance
The RBA Board announced today that there would be no change to the cash rate, it remains at 1.50%.
