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Cash Rate Target

Australian Cash Rate Target

The Cash Rate is the rate financial institutions charge other financial institutions for overnight loans in the Australian banking system. This is a fundamental trend-setting rate and changes to this rate are reflected in other interest rates.

Date Value Previous Change
May 2, 2012 3.75 4.25 -50.00 bps
Dec 7, 2011 4.25 4.50 -25.00 bps
Nov 2, 2011 4.50 4.75 -25.00 bps
Nov 3, 2010 4.75 4.75 -- 
Nov 3, 2010 4.75 4.50 +25.00 bps
May 5, 2010 4.50 4.25 +25.00 bps
Apr 7, 2010 4.25 4.00 +25.00 bps
Mar 3, 2010 4.00 3.75 +25.00 bps
Dec 2, 2009 3.75 3.50 +25.00 bps
Nov 4, 2009 3.50 3.25 +25.00 bps