(Australian Associated Press)

Recent Reserve Bank of Australia interest rate cuts

The RBA has slashed the cash rate to a record low 0.5 per cent, continuing a trend of rate cuts that began in 2011. The following is a list of rate moves since.

  • November 2011 – down to 4.50
  • December 2011 – down to 4.25
  • May 2012 – down to 3.75
  • June 2012 – down to 3.50
  • October 2012 – down to 3.25
  • December 2012 – down to 3.00
  • May 2013 – down to 2.75
  • August 2013 – down to 2.50
  • February 2015 – down to 2.25
  • May 2015 – down to 2.00
  • May 2016 – down to 1.75
  • August 2016 – down to 1.50
  • June 2019 – down to 1.25
  • July 2019 – down to 1.00
  • October 2019 – down to 0.75
  • March 2020 – down to 0.50