The Reserve Bank of Australia has delivered its final cash rate announcement for the year with the decision to leave the rate unchanged at 0.75%.
In making the decision the RBA appears to be assessing the impact on the broader economy of the three previous cash rate reductions together with recent tax cuts, government spending on infrastructure and signs of improvement in the resources sector.
In the lead up to the federal election the RBA has again decided to leave the official cash rate unchanged at 1.5%.
Only twice before has the RBA elected to drop rates during an election campaign and on both those occasions the incumbent governing party lost the election.
The RBA has decided to leave the official cash rate unchanged at 1.5%.
With speculation mounting that a date for the federal election is close to being announced and that tonight’s federal budget will bring with it tax cuts, the Reserve Bank has again left rates on hold.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to leave the official cash rate unchanged at 1.5% for the 26th consecutive time. It’s now almost eight years since the last increase.
In making this decision the RBA looks to have balanced low unemployment, strong trade figures and increasing business and public sector infrastructure investment against continued low inflation, falling house prices and slow wages growth.
The Reserve Bank of Australia made the decision today to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.5%.
In making this decision the RBA looks to have taken into account the lack of economic growth in Australia, evidenced by the continuing fall in house prices, a rise in mortgage arrears and a drop in the number of dwelling approvals in July.