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Macfarlane expects interest rate differential with US to narrow

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2004
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Ian Macfarlane said last night that the gap between Australian and US interest rates would narrow over the next six to 12 months. During questions after delivering the inaugural Di Yerbury Economic and Financial Studies ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2004
... dollar higher against other currencies including the Australian dollar. Yesterday in an official address Reserve Bank of Australia governor Ian Macfarlane said the gap between Australian and US interest rates would narrow over the next six to 12 months. ...

Consumer inflationary expectations rise sharply in April

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004
... increase in March. Meanwhile, 22% of respondents said they expected annual inflation to fall within the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) target band of 2% to 3%, more than two percentage points below the average of the previous six months. The survey ...

RBA decision to leave rates unchanged no surprise

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to leave interest rates unchanged in April has come as no surprise to economists who expect rates to remain on hold for a while yet. Yesterday the RBA held its key lending rate steady at 5.25% for the third ...

Interest rates remain on hold in April

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2004
... Homebuyers can look forward to the Easter break without fear of higher mortgage repayments after the Reserve Bank of Australia today left interest rates on hold. The official cash rate will remain at 5.25%, where it has been since December, leaving standard ...

March inflation remain subdued

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 APR 2004
... allowance was made for the volatile items, underlying (annual) inflation remained at the bottom of the Reserve Bank of Australia's target range of between 2% and 3%. The ABS releases inflation data for the March quarter on April 28. In its last release ...

Australian financial system overall is in good shape: RBA

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2004
The Australian financial system is currently in overall good shape, the Reserve Bank of Australia said today in its first Financial Stability Review. Banks, the most important financial intermediaries from a systemic risk perspective, were in a particularly ...

Ratings agencies tend to lag market, according to researchers

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2004
... according to a research paper by Adam Creighton, Luke Gower and Anthony Richards, published today by the Reserve Bank of Australia. The two largest ratings agencies, Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investors Service, rate the creditworthiness of about ...

Home loan affordability lowest in over eight years

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2004
... decline had come from a continuing increase in median house prices across the country, coupled with the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate rises of November and December 2003. While the median weekly family income increased 1.3 per cent between ...

Housing finance figures point to continued market cooling

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2004
... the average loan value was $186,200 in January, down slightly from $187,000 the previous month. The Reserve Bank of Australia lifted interest rates by 0.25 percentage points in November and a further 0.25 points the following month.