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Interest rates remain on hold in April

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2004
... 5.25%, where it has been since December, leaving standard variable home loan rates at about 7.07%. Analysts had expected the RBA to leave rates on hold this month, and possibly even for the rest of the year, given a fall in building approvals and new ...

Australian financial system overall is in good shape: RBA

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2004
... were profitable, carried few bad debts and held capital considerably in excess of their minimum regulatory requirements, the RBA said. This was as a result of the long-running expansion of the domestic economy, now in its thirteenth consecutive year ...

Business conditions recover in February: NAB survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2004
... reasonable, though slowing, local demand and strengthening global outcomes will likely prompt the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to raise interest rates by a further quarter percentage point in either April or May, NAB said.

RBA widens repo net

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2004
... State and Territory authorities' securities in its domestic holdings. At present, the range of securities the Reserve Bank (RBA) accepts under repos in its daily market operations includes securities issued by the Commonwealth Government, State and Territory ...

RBA leaves rates unchanged, needs more time: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to leave interest rates unchanged would give it more time to assess the effect of the strong local dollar and slowing housing sector on the economy, economists said today. The central bank today left the ...

RBA leaves cash rate at 5.25%

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia today did not change the cash rate which remains at 5.25%. The decision marks the second consecutive meeting in which the board left interest rates unchanged, after the central bank lifted interest rates in both November ...

Australians save pennies in anticipation of rate rise: Wizard

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2004
... today, and economists are divided over whether the bank will raise official interest rates in an announcement tomorrow. The RBA left rates unchanged at 5.25% after its February meeting, following two quarter of a percentage point moves in November and ...

RBA index of commodity prices down 1.4%

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia index of commodity prices in special drawing rights (SDR) terms fell 1.4% in February, according to preliminary estimates from the central bank. This follows a downwardly revised 2.1% rise in January. The largest contributors ...

Credit binge continues as RBA considers rate rise

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2004
Australians are continuing to borrow heavily for homes and run up debts on their credit cards with new figures out on Friday putting pressure on the Reserve Bank to lift interest rates. The Reserve Bank board meets tomorrow, a month after deciding against ...

World economy seems to be recovering: RBA

WITH AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2004
The world economy does seem to be recovering after three years of underperformance in the early part of this decade, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor (economic) Malcolm Edey. In an address at a Committee for the Economic ...