Wait on retail banks after Reserve Bank cuts rates by 100 basis points
Herald-Sun | October 07, 2008 02:42pm
THE Reserve Bank has just cut official interest rates from 7 per cent to 6 per cent in response to the world economic crisis.
The All Ordinaries Index rose more than 100 points in the five minutes after the rate cut was announced.
It reversed the the three-per-cent drop in morning trade.
But the Australian dollar dropped another US1c againt the US dollar.
It was the first 100-basis-point cut to the cash rate since May 6, 1992, when the RBA lowered the cash rate to 6.50 per cent.
The key question now is how much rates relief the big banks will pass on to borrowers.
The RBA cut rates by 100 basis points in an effort to shield the Australian economy from further fallout from the global financial crisis.
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