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Cash rate - How To Discuss

By John Hall

Cash rate,

Definition of Cash rate:

  1. The important benchmark interest rate set by the Reserve Bank of Australia based on its inflation target that is charged on overnight borrowings between financial institutions. A business that has an ongoing need to borrow in Australian Dollars might be adversely affected by an upward shift in the cash rate that can boost bank lending rates.

Meaning of Cash rate & Cash rate Definition