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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 ...

Macfarlane expects interest rate differential with US to narrow

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2004
... asked how much longer Australia could sustain interest rates significantly higher than those in the US. The Australian cash rate is currently 5.25 per cent, compared with 1.0 per cent in the US. "The issue is not how long we sustain what we are doing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2004
... was recovering and that as it moved back to normal, its interest rates would also move back to normal. The Australian cash rate is currently 5.25 per cent, compared with 1.0 per cent in the US.

Interest rates remain on hold in April

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2004
... 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 variable home loan rates at about 7.07%. Analysts ...

Mariner launches Mortgage Trust

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2004
Bill Ireland's Mariner Financial today launched Mariner Mortgage Trust, which it expected to become a "cornerstone" of its suite of managed funds and retirement income products. Available to both retail and wholesale investors, Mariner said the trust ...

RBA leaves rates unchanged, needs more time: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2004
... strong local dollar and slowing housing sector on the economy, economists said today. The central bank today left the cash rate at 5.25%, following yesterday's March board meeting, the second consecutive meeting in which the board left interest rates ...

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 ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2004
... Banking stocks should again be in favour after the Reserve Bank of Australia yesterday decided to leave the official cash rate unchanged at 5.25%. In overnight trading on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract slipped nine ...

RBA rate hikes not over despite steady call: economists

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2004
... that the central bank would pause this month after two rate hikes in November and December that raised the overnight cash rate by a total of 50 basis points. Economists at Australia's four biggest banks - Westpac, National Australia Bank, Commonwealth ...

RBA holds cash rate at 5.25%

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2004
The Reserve Bank of Australia today left the Australian cash rate unchanged at 5.25%. The decision follows back-to-back rate hikes in November and December last year, which lifted the cash rate to 5.25% from 4.75%.