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Reserve Bank of Australia head of financial stability Luci Ellis yesterday spelt out that tough supervision will be a continuing part of the official response to the global financial crisis. read more

The expectation that the Reserve Bank of Australia always hints at a rate rise beforehand was burst yesterday when, after two weeks of rate rise speculation, it left its cash rate unchanged, at 4.5 p.. read more

Financial markets continue to believe signals from the Reserve Bank of Australia foreshadow a 0.25 per cent rate rise today. read more

Australia's major banks will this week reveal the real value of their quest to recover their reputations, when they decide how far to raise lending rates. read more

The federal government and the Reserve Bank of Australia have incorporated a financial stability objective into the latest official Statement on the Conduct of Monetary Policy. read more

The Reserve Bank of Australia has offered its early-2000s efforts at slowing housing prices as an example of how future asset bubbles might be "leant against". read more

Professor Ian Harper, an architect of the Wallis inquiry's 1997 redesign of the financial system, says the Reserve Bank and APRA will need to formalise a much closer working relationship for the pos.. read more

The prospect of another official rate rise in the next six weeks could forestall plans by some banks for an out-of-cycle rise in Australian variable mortgage rates. read more

The Reserve Bank of Australia's September board minutes, released yesterday, show the RBA is now extremely confident about Australian banks' stability. read more

This month the banking world has seen the emergence of a new set of rules, loosely called "Basel III". At the same time, we've marked two years since the global financial crisis peaked in September.. read more