Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Chronology of interest rate moves since 1990

The following is a chronology of the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate moves since 1990.
Each move is measured in basis points (bp), which are one-hundredths of a percentage point.

May 1 2012 cut to to 3.75 per cent by 50 bp
April 2012 4.25 per cent no change
March 6, 2012, no change 4.25 per cent
February 7,2012 4.25 no change
December 6 2011 Cut to 4.25 per cent
Novemer 1 2011 Cut to 4.5 per cent
October 4 2000 No change
September 6 2011 No change
August 2 2011 No change
July 5 2011 No change
June 7 2011 No change
May 3 2011 No change
April 5 2011 No change
March 1 2011 No change
Feb 1 2011 No change
Dec 7 2010 No change
Nov 2 2010 Up 25 bp to 4.75
Oct 5 2010 No change
Sep 7 2010 No change
Aug 3 2010 No change
Jul 6 2010 No change
Jun 1 2010 No change
May 4 2010 Up 25 bp to 4.5
Apr  6  2010  Up 25 bp to 4.25
Mar  2 2010     Up   25 bp    to   4.00
Dec  1 2009     Up   25 bp    to   3.75
Nov  3 2009     Up   25 bp    to   3.50
Oct  6 2009     Up   25 bp    to   3.25
Apr  7 2009    Down  25 bp    to   3.00
Feb  3 2009    Down 100 bp    to   3.25
Dec  2 2008    Down 100 bp    to   4.25
Nov  4 2008    Down  75 bp    to   5.25
Oct  7 2008    Down 100 bp    to   6.00
Sep  2 2008    Down  25 bp    to   7.00
Mar  4 2008     Up   25 bp    to   7.25
Feb  5 2008     Up   25 bp    to   7.00
Nov  7 2007     Up   25 bp    to   6.75
Aug  8 2007     Up   25 bp    to   6.50
Nov  8 2006     Up   25 bp    to   6.25
Aug  2 2006     Up   25 bp    to   6.00
May  3 2006     Up   25 bp    to   5.75
Mar  2 2005     Up   25 bp    to   5.50
Dec  3 2003     Up   25 bp    to   5.25
Nov  5 2003     Up   25 bp    to   5.00
June 5 2002     Up   25 bp    to   4.75
May  8 2002     Up   25 bp    to   4.50
Dec  5 2001    Down  25 bp    to   4.25
Oct  3 2001    Down  25 bp    to   4.50
Sept 5 2001    Down  25 bp    to   4.75
Apr  4 2001    Down  50 bp    to   5.0
Mch  7 2001    Down  25 bp    to   5.5
Feb  7 2001    Down  50 bp    to   5.75
Aug  2 2000     Up   25 bp    to   6.25
May  3 2000     Up   25 bp    to   6.0
Apr  5 2000     Up   25 bp    to   5.75
Feb  2 2000     Up   50 bp    to   5.5
Nov  3 1999     Up   25 bp    to   5.0
Dec  2 1998    Down  25 bp    to   4.75
Jul 30 1997    Down  50 bp    to   5.0
May 23 1997    Down  50 bp    to   5.5
Dec 11 1996    Down  50 bp    to   6.0
Nov  6 1996    Down  50 bp    to   6.5
Jul 31 1996    Down  50 bp    to   7.0
Dec 14 1994     Up  100 bp    to   7.5
Oct 24 1994     Up  100 bp    to   6.5
Aug 17 1994     Up   75 bp    to   5.5
Jul 30 1993    Down  50 bp    to   4.75
Mar 23 1993    Down  50 bp    to   5.25
Jul  8 1992    Down  75 bp    to   5.75
May  6 1992    Down 100 bp    to   6.5
Jan  8 1992    Down 100 bp    to   7.5
Nov  6 1991    Down 100 bp    to   8.5
Sep  3 1991    Down 100 bp    to   9.5
May 16 1991    Down 100 bp    to  10.5
Apr  4 1991    Down  50 bp    to  11.5
Dec 18 1990    Down 100 bp    to  12.0
Oct 15 1990    Down 100 bp    to  13.0
Aug  2 1990    Down 100 bp    to  14.0
Apr  4 1990    Down 100-150bp to  15.0 to 15.5
Feb 15 1990    Down  50 bp    to  16.5 to 17.0
Jan 23 1990    Down  50-100bp to  17.0 to 17.5
Reuters, BusinssDay

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