Australia Cash Rate Target
Australia Cash Rate Target is 4.6 percent, in force since 30 Sep 2026, cited to Reserve Bank of Australia, Cash Rate Target statistical table (F1.1): 30 Sep 2026, +0.25. It was 4.35 percent before that. Last checked against the official source on 9 Oct 2026.
Official source: Reserve Bank of Australia, Cash Rate Target statistical table (F1.1): 30 Sep 2026, +0.25 · Last checked 2026-10-09 · source fingerprint
Reserve Bank of Australia cash rate target - the RBA Monetary Policy Board's operational target for the overnight unsecured interbank cash rate.
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| Current value | 4.6 percent |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-09-30 |
| Official source | Reserve Bank of Australia, Cash Rate Target statistical table (F1.1): 30 Sep 2026, +0.25, 4.60. Decision of the Monetary Policy Board meeting of 29 September 2026 (Media Release 2026-27, 'Statement by the Monetary Policy Board: Monetary Policy Decision', unanimous). |
| Last verified | 2026-10-09 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
Update, not a reconfirm. Live value was 4.35 percent effective 2026-05-06, cited as most recently held on 11 August 2026; that was superseded. At its 29 September 2026 meeting the Monetary Policy Board decided to increase the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 4.60 per cent (Media Release 2026-27, unanimous). RBA convention: a change takes effect the business day after the decision, and the cash rate table row reads 30 Sep 2026, +0.25, 4.60, hence effective_from 2026-09-30. 2026 sequence: 3.60 -> 3.85 (4 Feb) -> 4.10 (18 Mar) -> 4.35 (6 May), held 17 Jun and 12 Aug, -> 4.60 (30 Sep). Checked 2026-10-09; no later decision. ACCESS QUIRK: rba.gov.au returns HTTP 403 to automated fetchers; this value was read from the official page and media release via a plain-text rendering proxy (r.jina.ai) of the same URLs and via search-engine surfacing of rba.gov.au content, not from a third-party aggregator. Held unchanged at the 10-11 August 2026 meeting (Media Release 2026-19, 'the Board decided to leave the cash rate target unchanged at 4.35 per cent', unanimous; table effect 12 Aug per RBA convention; August minutes release 25 August 2026). Next scheduled decision: 29 September 2026 (meeting 28-29 Sep; any change effective the following business day). Remaining 2026 meetings: 2-3 Nov, 7-8 Dec.
Earlier values
| From | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | 4.35 | Reserve Bank of Australia, Cash Rate Target statistical… |
| 2026-03-18 | 4.1 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2026-02-04 | 3.85 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2025-08-13 | 3.6 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2025-05-21 | 3.85 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2025-02-19 | 4.1 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2023-11-08 | 4.35 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2023-06-07 | 4.1 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2023-05-03 | 3.85 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2023-03-08 | 3.6 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2023-02-08 | 3.35 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
| 2022-12-07 | 3.1 | Bank for International Settlements - Central Bank Policy… |
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