Monthly Economic and Social Indicators

HISTORICAL SUPPLEMENT 1999

5.2a Housing and Cash Interest Rates Banks' housing rate (a) - per cent
		Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
1963-64		5.25	5.25	5.25	5.25	5.25	5.25	5.25	5.25	5.25	5.25	5.25	5.50
1964-65		5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.75	5.75	5.75
1965-66		5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75
1966-67		5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75
1967-68		5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75
1968-69		5.75	6.25	6.25	6.25	6.25	6.25	6.25	6.25	6.25	6.25	6.25	6.25
1969-70		6.25	6.25	6.25	6.25	6.25	6.25	6.25	6.25	6.25	7.00	7.00	7.00
1970-71		7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
1971-72		7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
1972-73		7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00
1973-74		7.00	7.00	7.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00
1974-75		10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
1975-76		10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
1976-77		10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
1977-78		10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
1978-79		10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.50
1979-80		9.50	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50
1980-81		10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50
1981-82		11.50	12.50	12.50	12.50	12.50	12.50	12.50	12.50	13.50	13.50	13.50	13.50
1982-83		13.50	13.50	13.50	13.50	13.50	13.50	13.50	12.50	12.50	12.50	12.50	12.50
1983-84		12.50	12.50	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50
1984-85		11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	12.00	12.00	12.00
1985-86		12.50	12.50	13.00	13.50	13.50	13.50	13.50	13.50	13.50	15.50	15.50	15.50
1986-87		15.50	15.50	15.50	15.50	15.50	15.50	15.50	15.50	15.50	15.50	15.50	15.50
1987-88		15.50	15.00	15.00	14.50	14.50	14.00	14.00	13.50	13.50	13.50	13.50	13.50
1988-89		14.50	14.50	14.50	14.50	14.50	15.00	15.00	15.50	16.00	16.00	16.00	17.00
1989-90		17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	16.50	16.50	16.50
1990-91		16.50	16.50	16.25	16.00	15.50	15.00	14.50	14.50	14.50	14.50	14.00	13.00
1991-92		13.00	13.00	13.00	12.50	12.50	12.00	12.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	10.50
1992-93		10.50	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	9.50	9.50
1993-94		9.50	9.50	8.75	8.75	8.75	8.75	8.75	8.75	8.75	8.75	8.75	8.75
1994-95		8.75	8.75	9.50	9.50	9.55	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50
1995-96		10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	9.75
1996-97		9.75	9.25	9.25	9.25	8.75	8.25	8.25	7.55	7.55	7.55	7.20	7.20
1997-98		7.20	6.70	6.70	6.70	6.70	6.70	6.70	6.70	6.70	6.70	6.70	6.70
1998-99		6.70	6.70	6.70	6.70
(a) New housing loans to individuals for owner occupation, rates shown are predominant rate. Source: Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin, RBA

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