{"id":801,"date":"2018-10-02T10:54:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T10:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/erol\/?p=801"},"modified":"2018-10-23T10:56:21","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T10:56:21","slug":"the-rba-has-opted-to-leave-the-official-cash-rate-on-hold-at-1-5-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imperativefinance.com.au\/index.php\/2018\/10\/02\/the-rba-has-opted-to-leave-the-official-cash-rate-on-hold-at-1-5-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The RBA has opted to leave the official cash rate on hold at 1.5%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to leave the official cash rate unchanged at 1.5% for the 26th consecutive time. I\u2019d like to share today\u2019s rate announcement and the thoughts on why the Reserve Bank of Australia has made this decision.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In making this decision the RBA looks to have balanced low unemployment, strong trade figures and increasing business and public sector infrastructure investment against continued low economic growth, falling house prices and slow wages\u00a0growth.<\/p>\n<p>Out of cycle rate increases by many lenders has also taken some of the pressure off the RBA to lift\u00a0rates.<\/p>\n<p>With lenders increasing rates independently of the RBA, it is important to review your lending options regularly to ensure they remain the most suitable for your situation. There may be different rates available from our wide panel of lenders and I\u2019m always available to ensure you have the right financial solution for your current and future\u00a0circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to have a chat about what today\u2019s news means for you and your finances, please don\u2019t hesitate to get in\u00a0touch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to leave the official cash rate unchanged at 1.5% for the 26th consecutive time. I\u2019d like to share today\u2019s rate announcement and the thoughts on why the Reserve Bank of Australia has made this decision. In making this decision the RBA looks to have balanced low unemployment, strong [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperativefinance.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperativefinance.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperativefinance.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperativefinance.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperativefinance.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imperativefinance.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":802,"href":"https:\/\/imperativefinance.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801\/revisions\/802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperativefinance.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imperativefinance.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperativefinance.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imperativefinance.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}