July Interest Rates Remain Unchanged at 0.10%
As anticipated the Reserve Bank board maintained the official cash rate at 0.10% today
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Despite the economic handbrake from the latest round of COVID-19 lockdowns, some economists are speculating that the RBA has underestimated the strength of the economic recovery, leading to predications that rates will start to increase towards the end of 2022.
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RBA governor Phillip Lowe is scheduled to hold a Q&A session following today’s meeting which is expected to shed more light on the central bank’s thoughts on the direction of monetary policy.
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Interest Rates are at a record low and lenders continue to offer very competitive rates. we have been noticing a slight increase in fixed rate loans, however, they remain very low compared to historical values.
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