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More Australians think now is the right time to buy a new home than at any point since November 2013.
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The Reserve Bank has slashed its official cash rate to a new historic low of 0.1% as it desperately tries to prop up the economy.
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More Australians could go into "negative equity", where the value of their property falls below the outstanding balance on their mortgage, according to the RBA.…
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Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Guy Debelle has stayed clear of discussing interest rates during a speech to a foreign exchange conference.
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The Reserve Bank of Australia has effectively "green lit" risk-taking on property investment.
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The Reserve Bank has kept the cash rate on hold as it waits to see how the economy responds to the federal budget.
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One of Australia’s major banks predicts the Reserve Bank won’t cut interest rates until the Federal Government hands down its budget.
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Westpac believes the RBA is gearing itself for an interest-rate cut on the same day the Federal Government delivers its budget.
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The Reserve Bank of Australia has held official interest rates at a record low 0.25 per cent.
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A majority of the economists surveyed by Finder expected variable rates to rise before 2021 without any move by the Reserve Bank of Australia.
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The RBA hit back at ABC reporting that exposed how the dire view of the housing market held by some staff clashed with the rosy picture presented in public.
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Low interest rates are here to stay according to the Reserve Bank of Australia’s governor Philip Lowe and economists.
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