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RBA interest rates live: Reserve Bank of Australia meeting today before cash rate decision and announcement – latest news

Australia

Told by 4 newspapers in 2 countries, between 20:00 and 04:00 on 2 November 2026.

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The headline in each newspaper

In short

The Reserve Bank of Australia raised its cash rate to 4.85%, a level not seen in 18 years, according to The Sydney Morning Herald and RNZ.12 Before the decision, ABC News reported the bank was tipped to raise rates, while Guardian Australia carried a live feed of the meeting.34

AIMade at 04:41, only from the headlines. Each number links to the source headline. How it is made

Compare the papers

What newspapers from several countries agree on, where the accounts differ and who is involved, so each reader can draw their own conclusions.

Common ground

  • The Reserve Bank of Australia raised its cash rate to 4.85%, a level described as an 18-year high.122 newspapers from 2 countries

Who is involved

  • The headlines do not report any positions taken by governments or other parties beyond the central bank itself.3

Background

  • A central bank's policy rate is the rate it charges commercial banks for loans to cover temporary shortages of funds.W
  • Economists generally consider real interest rates, adjusted for inflation, more important than nominal rates when assessing monetary policy.W

AIMade at 04:21 from 4 headlines from 2 countries; the background, from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Each number links to the source. Rules

The headlines, side by side

Each headline is the original, as the newspaper published it, in the order it arrived. The selection follows the public grouping rule, with no AI.

Highlighted words are used only by that newspaper, among the headlines in the same language. They show what each one chose to stress.

  • ABC News · Australia · 20:20Live: Reserve Bank tipped to hike interest rates to 18-year highRead at the newspaper ↗
  • Guardian Australia · Australia · 01:40RBA interest rates live: Reserve Bank of Australia meeting today before cash rate decision and announcement – latest newsRead at the newspaper ↗
  • The Sydney Morning Herald · Australia · 03:35RBA raises interest rates to 18-year highRead at the newspaper ↗
  • RNZ · New Zealand · 04:16Reserve Bank of Australia raises its cash rate to 4.85 percentRead at the newspaper ↗

Words in common

  • reserve
  • interest
  • rates
  • bank