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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. The ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Australia's CBA fails to notify regulators over cash access fee, Australian reports. January 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM. Business in Sydney's CBD and general views of Sydney
Groups 2 & 3 of this template are directly sourced to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's List of Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Banking in Australia/doc .
When Australia was part of the fixed-exchange sterling area, the exchange rate of the Australian dollar was fixed to the pound sterling at a rate of A$1 = 8 U.K. shillings (A$2.50 = UK£1). In 1967, Australia effectively left the sterling area, when the pound sterling was devalued against the US dollar and the Australian dollar did not follow.
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.