The Reserve Bank has cut the cash rate to 0.1 per cent from 0.25 per cent.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut the cash rate to a record low 0.1 per cent from 0.25 per cent at its monthly board meeting on Tuesday.
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In its first monetary policy easing since March, the board also agreed to similar reductions for other measures to keep market interest rates and funding costs low across the economy.
"With Australia facing a period of high unemployment, the Reserve Bank is committed to doing what it can to support the creation of jobs," Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe said in his post-meeting statement.
Australian Associated Press
