AMP Bank reduces home loan interest rates by up to 30 basis points

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AMP Bank has reduced its interest rates for new and existing customers across all variable rate home loans by 25 basis points and for new fixed term home loans by

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Reserve Bank ponders next move

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Reserve Bank Board meeting The Reserve Bank Board has cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points or a quarter of a per cent to 2.50 per cent. It

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CANSTAR issues rate movements and commentary ahead of Tuesday’s RBA announcement

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Commenting ahead of the RBA announcement, Mitchell Watson, Research Manager for CANSTAR said: “Last week Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens gave a speech in which he called the end to

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RBA: Interest rate cut on agenda next week

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The Reserve Bank Governor has delivered a speech at the Anika Foundation in Sydney. The Reserve Bank Governor has provided the clearest message yet that while super low interest rates are

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Investor Signposts: Week Beginning July 21 2013

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Upcoming economic and financial market events Australia July 22: State of the States – CommSec’s quarterly assessment of state/territory economies July 24: Consumer Price Index (June Qtr) – We expect

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CommSec: Interest rates held steady…for now

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Reserve Bank Board meeting The Reserve Bank Board has left the official cash rate at 2.75 per cent for the second straight month. In May the RBA cut the cash

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Stable rates boost confidence

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The Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer confidence rose by 4.7 per cent in June. All five components of the index rose in June. The index is up 6.9 per cent

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15 key takeouts from RBA report

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The Reserve Bank has made only subtle changes to its forecasts on inflation and no change to forecasts on economic growth. Reserve Bank general views haven’t become more negative or

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Oliver’s Insights – Interest rates still falling, more to go

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This edition of Oliver’s Insights looks at the RBA’s latest cut to interest rates. The key points are as follows: The RBA has cut interest rates again and they are likely

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AMP Bank reduces interest rates across all variable rate home loans

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  AMP Bank has reduced its interest rates for new and existing customers across all variable rate home loans by 25 basis points.    The AMP Bank standard variable home

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