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New record set for 30 Day cash rate futures: SFE

... Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) reported a new record for the highest one-day transaction volume on the 30 Day Interbank Cash Rate futures contract set last Friday. The new record of 12,643 contracts trades is an 8% improvement on the previous record of ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2004
... Australia unveils its decision on interest rates at 0930 AEST, although there is expected to be no change to the current cash rate. From an equity viewpoint, Sigma is releasing its first half results and Repco\'s chief executive is speaking at a lunc ...

Business sector optimistic about future - D&B Survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2004
... Zealand chief executive Christine Christian said. Some 60% of executives surveyed said a 25 basis point rise in the base cash rate, which now stands at 5.25%, would have no effect on their business. D&B economic consultant Duncan Ironmonger said the ...

ING winds back exit fees

... an effective annualised rate of 5.75 per cent for the month of July net of fees, 50 basis points above the official cash rate. ING Executive Director Marketing Ross Bowden said ING's mortgage fund management team has been significantly strengthened with ...

RBA to leave rates on hold this month: economists

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2004
... because the timing of the federal election, expected in the latter half of this year, was a complication. The official cash rate currently stands at 5.25%, the RBA having last raised it in two quarter of a percentage point moves in November and December ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2004
... Australia is due to report its monthly decision on interest rates by either adjusting or leaving untouched the official cash rate. Most economists expect no change to the 5.25% official rate.

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2004
... Australia holds its monthly board meeting, with the vast bulk of economists expecting the central bank to leave the cash rate unchanged at 5.25%.

Aust interest rates on hold in June - RBA

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2004
... interest rates on hold for the sixth month in a row. In a widely-expected move, the central bank announced the official cash rate would remain at 5.25% in June. Interest rates last rose in December 2003 but since then, signs of a housing slowdown, weaker-than-expected ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2004
... Bank of Australia hosts its monthly board meeting, although most economists do not expect any change in the current cash rate of 5.25 per cent. Any alteration of the cash rate will be announced at 0930 AEST on Wednesday.

New Zealand central bank lifts interest rates 25 basis points

... reasons for not lifting interest rates yesterday and then lifted them anyway, an economist says. Lifting the official cash rate (OCR) by 25 basis points to 5.5% yesterday, RBNZ governor Alan Bollard said he could not rule out further rate rises this ...