Section
Rate decisions
Central bank rate decisions that change what a property loan costs, newest first.
A policy rate sets the benchmark that lenders price mortgages from, so a change reaches anyone who borrows to buy in that country. Each entry gives the new rate, the change and the previous rate, with a link to the bank's own statement and the date we read it. Where a decision has its own brief, the entry links to it.
Australia
Reserve Bank of Australia raises cash rate 25bp to 4.60%
- New rate
- 4.60%
- Change
- +25bp
- Move
- 4.35% to 4.60%
The Monetary Policy Board raised the cash rate target for the fourth time this year, saying inflation was still too high, and noted falling house prices in most capital cities.
Source Reserve Bank of Australia, Statement by the Monetary Policy Board, media release 2026-27, 29 September 2026, read 29 September 2026.