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Cash Rate Expectations

Australian interest rate investors tend to keep an eye on future moves in the cash rate cycle and what the Reserve Bank of Australia is likely to do next. This can help investors decide whether or not they are going to lock their money away in a term deposit for 30 days or five years or somewhere in between. If investors think that rates will rise in the near term, they will not want to lock their money away in long term TDs and are more likely to opt for short term TDs and other highly liquid instruments.

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Why The RBA Is Wrong About House Prices

If we’re not careful the nervous nellies that continually worry about Australian house prices risk talking the economy into an even more serious downturn. In repeated public speeches in recent weeks, Reserve Bank officials have hinted that – along with ASIC – it is considering imposing credit lending controls for investors, especially in Sydney and Melbourne.

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