Australian Interest Rates

In February, Australia had the worst performing government bond market in the developed world. The Australian 10-year government bond posted a -7% total return, while...

This week the RBA Governor Philip Lowe has delivered his outlook for the year and an additional $100 billion in QE, bringing the total expanded balance sheet to over...

In our latest investment webinar we discussed the RBA's recently unveiled plans to drop interest rates to unprecedented levels to support the Australian economy and...

After six months of sitting on the sidelines, the RBA has finally eased rates. It’s left many questioning their timing. So, we decided to explore what shifted in their...

A podcast double-header this week, thanks to an election special on the day of. Scroll down for a summary of each episode in various formats. Additionally, timestamps...

For anyone looking for a punt today, November's RBA announcement appears as a much safer bet than the Melbourne Cup. The Central Bank's pre-emptive and forward...

You’ve probably heard bullish commentators argue that declining interest rates explain, and justify, the extraordinary price to earnings (PE) multiples being paid for...

Despite a 35% or so plunge in share markets earlier this year; on the back of the pandemic and rough patches in 2018, 2015 and 2011, well diversified Australian...

With interest rates heading to zero, keeping your money in the bank has become a poor way to increase – or even preserve – your wealth. A better strategy, I believe,...

Our attention turns locally this week, as the country begins take stock of the coronavirus impacts and look to the future for drivers of Australia’s favourite asset...

Before COVID-19 hit, Nucleus Wealth launched an Australian property calculator. The idea I wanted to illustrate is that house prices are very sensitive to interest...

The last 30-40 years has seen a dramatic shift down in interest rates for much of the developed world. For example, the ten-year government bond yields in Australia...

Over the past few weeks, the RBA has started to change its narrative, suggesting that while negative rates are extremely unlikely, they’re not off the table. They’ve...

Is the RBA too concerned with front end rates that are aimed at helping the banking sector at the expense of the taxpayer who, ultimately, will be picking up the...

There has been much debate about the short-term economic and investment impact of coronavirus – on economic activity, unemployment, interest rates, house prices,...

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s cash rate, once its crowning glory, is at risk of becoming obsolete as a sharp surge in liquidity has resulted in interbank overnight...

The RBA has been buying up big, purchasing around $36bn in government and semi-government bonds throughout March. But when is enough, enough and can these efforts...

At present, most of the developed world central banks use a monetary policy framework called inflation targeting. In a simplified view, central banks set a target for...

In response to the coronavirus epidemic, the RBA cut the cash rate on 19 March to 0.25% and announced a number of QE measures. In the long run, will the government’s...

Central banks have taken some significant steps against the impact of coronavirus recently, with the RBA having cut 25 points already and the Fed cutting 50 points...