Banks / Australia

Reserve Bank of Australia

Policy rate: cash rate target

The Monetary Policy Board sets the cash rate target; the RBA's cash rate table lists the target from its effective date, the day after the decision.

Rate in force

4.60%

since 30 Sept 2026 · rba.gov.au/statistics/cash-rate/

Last observed decision

raise

Date: Tue, 29 Sept 2026
Rate: 4.35%↑4.60%
Statement: rba.gov.au/media-releases/2026/mr-26-27.…

Next meeting

Tue 3 Nov

Announced: 03:30 UTC14:30 Sydney time
Status: on the calendar
Source: rba.gov.au/schedules-events/calendar/

Sources

The kinds of page this bank publishes. URLs are copied from the bank's own index, feed or sitemap, never built from the pattern. A source settles a question only once its reads total at least 5 right and 0 wrong.

Source	Found at	Pattern	Example	Reads (right / wrong / void)	Status
Decision statement	rba.gov.au/statistics/cash-rate/	https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/<YYYY>/mr-<YY>-<NN>.html (sequential media release number, not tied to the date)	rba.gov.au/media-releases/2026/mr-26-27.…	no reads yet	not resolvable yet
Calendar	rba.gov.au/schedules-events/	https://www.rba.gov.au/schedules-events/calendar/ (yearly calendar with announcement times) and https://www.rba.gov.au/schedules-events/board-meeting-schedules.html (meeting days)	rba.gov.au/schedules-events/calendar/	no reads yet	not resolvable yet
Rate history	rba.gov.au/statistics/	https://www.rba.gov.au/statistics/cash-rate/ (table: effective date, change, cash rate target, links to statement and minutes)	rba.gov.au/statistics/cash-rate/	6 / 1 / 04 Oct 2026: 1 / 1 / 07 Oct 2026: 5 / 0 / 0	not resolvable yet
Press feed	rba.gov.au/rss/	https://www.rba.gov.au/rss/rss-cb-media-releases.xml (RSS 1.0, recent media releases with dc:date)	rba.gov.au/rss/rss-cb-media-releases.xml	no reads yet	not resolvable yet

The bank's terms

In the bank's own words, summarised. We copy only the bare facts of a decision (date, rate, direction) and link to the bank for everything else.

Most website material is under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 with attribution to the RBA; the Cash Rate and Cash Rate Materials carry special terms (Section 4): use, including commercial, is allowed only without implying RBA endorsement, and improper commercial exploitation is prohibited.
Terms page: rba.gov.au/copyright/

rba.gov.au rba.gov.au/media-releases/rba.gov.au/schedules-events/board-meetin…rba.gov.au/rss/rss-cb-media-releases.xml

Data warnings

decision-statement source is not resolvable yet: 0 right, 0 wrong, 0 void in reads (the bar is 5 right, 0 wrong)