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Base rate lifts to 4.35%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) hiked the cash rate to 4.35% as it continues to grapple with subduing inflation. RBA governor Michele Bullock yesterday pushed up the base rate by another 25 basis points, saying that while inflation in Australia ...

Bullock keeps cash rate at 4.10%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock has left the cash rate at 4.10% for the month of October. Announcing the latest monetary policy decision whilst taking the helm for the first time, Bullock left the door open for potential ...

Banks flag imminent consecutive double rate rises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
Commonwealth Bank and Westpac economists have predicted the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to bump up official rates to 1.35% when it next meets in July; NAB and ANZ believe there will be another double hike in the next two months. Quickly following ...

Reserve Bank tipped to hike rates again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
Economists have had their say about tomorrow's Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decision, the vast majority anticipate the central bank to jack up cash rates. A Finder survey has said that 86% of its expert panelists believe the cash rate will change ...

RBA eyes an early rate hike

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... move could have a sobering impact on the economy and homebuyers. On the looming hikes, Rate City research director Sally Tindal said: "These hikes are not minor tweaks by Australia's biggest bank. They are sizable hikes, particularly in relation to investor ...

ASIC unveils school banking program review

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
School banking programs are marketed as a force for good in the community, targeting vulnerable customers in young children who don't end up improving their financial management behaviour, ASIC's two-year review found. After engaging nearly ...

Dollarmites faces more backlash

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
Commonwealth Bank's lucrative Dollarmites program has taken another blow as Victorian schools have banned such programs in favour of financial lessons. Dollarmites came under fire in 2018 when ASIC began a review into school banking programs. In its ...

Why banks are lifting TD rates

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
In a somewhat surprising move, banks are lifting some of their term deposit rates despite the Reserve Bank of Australia slashing the cash rate to an all-time low of 0.25% last week. It comes after Australia's biggest bank, the Commonwealth Bank ...

AMP ditches SMSF lending

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
AMP Bank has pulled the plug on its SMSF lending business, joining CBA and Westpac. AMP will support current SMSF home loan customers. But starting November, they will not be able to switch to interest-only or refinance their loans. This leaves Macquarie ...
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