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RBA holds rates steady, extends bond buying program by $100b – Sydney Morning Herald
The bank’s rates decision was not unexpected but in a surprise move, the board announced it would spend an extra $100 billion buying federal and state government…
That is on top of the almost $200 billion cheap line of credit that it has extended to commercial banks to on-lend to small and medium sized businesses and a record low official cash rate of 0.1 per cent. The bank held the cash rate at 0.1 per cent on Tuesday.
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