Posts tagged "borrowing"

Love is all around. Just check the pages of Australia's august newspapers, as Judo Bank shares its Valentine's Day wishes to small business customers.

Significant growth to its loan book underpinned those results, with Judo Bank increasing its SME lending portfolio from $6.1 billion to $8.9 billion.

One favourite has already come good on Melbourne Cup day after the Reserve Bank of Australia raised its cash rate target 25 basis points to 2.85%.

The Reserve Bank of Australia today lifted the cash rate target 0.25% to 2.6%, undercutting market predictions of a sharper 0.5% hike and signalling a slowdown of the central bank's inflation-busting strategy.

Higher interest payments are on the cards for small businesses and household borrowers after the Reserve Bank of Australia lifted its cash rate target by 0.5% to 1.85% on Tuesday.

Global inflation is "high and is likely to remain so for a while", but the outlook for domestic investment and wage growth remain somewhat positive.

The RBA is abandoning its policy of “yield curve control”, meaning it will no longer defend any particular interest rate for borrowing over any particular duration.

By Andrew Grant, University of Sydney

Australia’s credit rating system is failing both borrowers and lenders. Many borrowers are unawar…

With dissatisfaction among the big banks continuing to rise, more Australian SMEs are attempting to figure out how they can use alternative …

Yes, you read that headline right and, no, it’s not a typo!

Global interest rates are now, rather stupendously, at their lowest level in …

As a property investor, your job is heavily layered.

Not only do you need to be an expert researcher, forecaster, risk taker, money manag…

By Ross Guest, Griffith University

Australia’s AAA credit rating was under pressure even before the election and is now looking decide…