Published Feb 06, 2018 14:36
TIMELINE-Australian rate changes since 1990
SYDNEY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of Australia kept its cash rate unchanged at 1.5 percent on Tuesday, following its monthly policy meeting.
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.
Aug 2 2016
Down 25 bp
to 1.50 May 3 2016
Down 25 bp
to 1.75 May 5 2015
Down 25 bp
to 2.00 Feb 3 2015
Down 25 bp
to 2.25
Aug 6 2013
Down 25 bp
to 2.50 May 7 2013
Down 25 bp
to 2.75 Dec 4 2012
Down 25 bp
to 3.00 Oct 2 2012
Down 25 bp
to 3.25 Jun 5 2012
Down 25 bp
to 3.50 May 1 2012
Down 50 bp
to 3.75 Dec 6 2011
Down 25 bp
to 4.25 Nov 1 2011
Down 25 bp
to 4.50 Nov 2 2010
Up 25 bp
to 4.75 May 4 2010
Up 25 bp
to 4.50 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 Mar 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
Written By: Reuters
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