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Interest rates - when economics meets politics

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... inflation, people have a habit of making big statements that can sound alarmist. Causing the jitters is that the Reserve Bank Board is meeting today and by 2.30 pm we'll know if they've decided to raise rates. Complicating the analysis this time however ...

Rate hike to launch dollar?

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
Higher inflation has proved too hot to handle for the Reserve Bank board who increased the cash rate by 25 basis points to 6.5 per cent - our highest cash rate since November 1996. Reserve Bank Governor, Glenn Stevens, highlighted that economic conditions ...

Daily economic update

... two-and-a-half years - adding to signs of weakness in the economy and it is certain to steady the hands of the Reserve Bank Board. The NAB business conditions index measures Australian firms' sales and hiring activities and profitability. The sales and ...

No interest rate rise

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2004
... Australian property market and also the love affair of many consumers with their credit cards. That means when the Reserve Bank board meets in early December, the main topic of discussion will be what to have for Christmas lunch rather than the timing ...

Home lending picks up again in March: RBA

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2004
... still out on whether lending had slowed to a sustainable level, and today's figures reinforce his concerns. The Reserve Bank board meets on interest rates next week, although analysts had discounted the chance of a rate rise so soon before the federal ...

Credit binge continues as RBA considers rate rise

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2004
... 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 another interest rise to follow its two quarter of a per cent increases of ...

RBA may crack the whip on rates today

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2003
The Reserve Bank board may use Melbourne Cup day to crack the whip on interest rates. The central bank board meets today, with new figures suggesting a consumer-led retail spending spree is continuing, putting pressure on the bank to lift rates. New ...

Melbourne Cup Day looms as d-day for interest rates

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
... economists said the Reserve Bank was odds-on to leave interest rates on hold for another month at least. The Reserve Bank board faces a tough call when it meets on Tuesday, Melbourne Cup Day, to decide whether to rein in the economy with higher interest ...

Interest rates remain on hold: RBA

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2003
... December as the world economy shows signs of strengthening and domestic conditions continue to improve. The Reserve Bank board met yesterday for its monthly decision on interest rates. The bank last moved rates in June last year, taking the official ...

Liberal backbencher says RBA may cut rates tomorrow

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2003
The Reserve Bank board may decide to reduce interest rates tomorrow, a Federal Government backbencher said today. Liberal MP Peter King said it was possible rates would be cut from the current 4.75 per cent as soon as tomorrow. "There is a possibility ...