Explore the Reserve Bank of Australia, its role in monetary policy and currency management, its history since 1960, and how it drives Australia's economy.

The prospect of higher mortgage repayments is back on the table for Australian households, and the nation’s top economists ...

Michele Bullock's appointment as Reserve Bank of Australia governor was welcomed by the country's business and banking sectors. Michele Bullock has been appointed as the next governor of the Reserve ...

Australia's central bank this month considered whether a rise in interest rates might be needed in 2026 given a recent pick ...

The RBA kept its cash rate steady at 4.35% during its final meeting of 2024, marking the ninth consecutive pause, as widely anticipated. The committee also maintained the interest rate on Exchange ...

Markets are largely expecting the first 25bp rate cut from the Reserve Bank of Australia next week on February 18. While this is in line with our view and we place a 60% probability to it, we think ...

Private-credit investments are growing increasingly risky in Australia due to their heavy weighting toward the property ...

SYDNEY—The Reserve Bank of Australia left official interest rates on hold, chalking up a full year without fundamentally changing its policy stance while also not ruling out a further interest-rate ...

SYDNEY--Australia's central bank on Tuesday cut interest rates for a second time, citing easing inflation risks while warning of ongoing shocks to the global economy from the Trump administration's ...

BENGALURU, June 30 (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of Australia will likely raise its interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.35% on Tuesday to tame stubbornly high inflation, although a Reuters poll of ...

John Hawkins was formerly a senior economist with the Reserve Bank. The Reserve Bank of Australia left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.1% today, stressing the uncertainty in the economic ...

Matthew Crocker is a PhD student exploring the history of Australia's monetary system and is a recipient of a Commonwealth Research Training Program scholarship. Here’s something for the board of the ...