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The official cash rate (OCR) is the term used in Australia and New Zealand for the bank rate and is the rate of interest which the central bank charges on overnight loans between commercial banks. This allows the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to adjust the interest rates that apply in each country's economy.
Governors of the Reserve Bank of Australia: 1 H. C. Coombs: January 1960 July 1968 [9] [14] 2 Sir John Phillips: KBE: July 1968 July 1975 [9] [15] 3 Sir Harold Knight: KBE, DSC: July 1975 August 1982 [9] 4 Bob Johnston: AC: August 1982 July 1989 [9] 5 Bernie Fraser: September 1989 September 1996 [9] 6 Ian Macfarlane: AC: September 1996 ...
In Australia, the Reserve Bank of Australia sets the bank rate, known as the official cash rate. [4] Until 2024, the board would meet eleven times per year to review and set the cash rate. In 2023, it was announced that the board would meet only eight times, excluding the months of April, July, and October from it's meeting schedule.
Inflation has typically been between 2 and 3% and the pre-GFC cash rate typically ranged between 5 and 7%, however, partly in response to the end of the mining boom the cash rate has recently been steadily falling, dropping from 4.75% in October 2011 to 1.5% in Aug 2016, then to 1.25% in June 2019 and 1.0% in July 2019. [78]
The central bank is the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The Australian government’s Financial Claims Scheme guarantees deposits up to $250,000 per account-holder per ADI in the event of the ADI failing. [2] Banks require a bank licence under the Banking Act 1959. Foreign banks require a licence to operate through a branch in Australia, as do ...
The Reserve Bank of Australia is the country's central bank, with responsibility for most payment systems and setting of monetary policy. Since 1996 the provision of credit to individuals for personal, household or domestic purposes has been regulated by the Uniform Consumer Credit Code , which has been implemented in all Australian states and ...
The crisis originated when Japan and West Germany pushed up interest rates, pressuring US rates also to rise, triggering a massive sell-off of US shares. Global share prices fell an average of 25%, but Australia saw a 40% decline. [1] 17 of the 18 major OECD economies experienced a recession in the early 1990s. [2]
interest rate (%) Change Effective date of last change Average inflation rate 2017–2021 (%) by WB and IMF [1] [2] as in the List Central bank interest rate minus average inflation rate (2017–2021) Afghanistan: 6.00 3.00: 24 July 2021 [3] 3.38 2.62 Albania: 2.75 0.25: 6 November 2024 [4] 1.78 0.97 Algeria: 3.00 0.25: 29 April 2020 [5] 4.14 ...