Latest release of archival records includes minutes and
papers of various boards relating to the early management of the Bank (1924–59).
These records are accompanied by a guide exploring the legislative history of the
Bank.
Appearance before the Senate Economics Legislation Committee Treasury Laws Amendment (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions and Other Measures) Bill 2023 [Provisions] and a related bill [Provisions]
Ellis Connolly, Head of Payments Policy, and Troy Gill, Senior Manager, Payments Policy.
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In this speech to the COSBOA National Small Business Summit, Brad Jones, Assistant
Governor (Financial System), talks about the contribution that SMEs make to our
economy and society, and the challenge and opportunities for financing SME
innovation in Australia.
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In this speech to the Bloomberg Australia Briefing, Christopher Kent, Assistant
Governor (Financial Markets) explains the plan for the RBAs future system for
monetary policy implementation, which involves an ample reserves system with full
allotment for our Open Market Operations.
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In a speech to the ABE Annual Forecasting Conference, Head of Economic Analysis
Marion Kohler spoke about our outlook for the economy, our assessment of spare
capacity and changes were making to enhance transparency.
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Governor Michele Bullock provides an update on the Banks operations and activities,
before she and senior colleagues answer questions from the Committee members.
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In this speech to the Australasian Finance & Banking Conference, Brad Jones,
Assistant Governor (Financial System) discusses how the application of last resort
operations has evolved around the world and how these developments have been
reflected in aspects of the Reserve Bank's own framework.
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In this speech to the Australian Payments Network Summit, Governor Michele Bullock
discussed how the Payments System Board is responding to changes in the payments
landscape which are being driven by new technologies and business models. The
Governor explained why it is important we modernise our regulatory architecture and
payments infrastructure to support these innovations.
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To mark the 40th anniversary of the float of the Australian dollar, key records about the float have been released on Unreserved along with a Research Guide.
In a speech to the Sydney Banking and Financial Stability Conference, Head of Financial Stability
Department, Andrea Brischetto explains why financial stability is important and how the financial health
of indebted households can affect it. She also discusses how the RBA assesses and monitors the financial
health of Australians with mortgages.
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Speaking at the ABE Annual Dinner in Sydney, the Governor discusses the latest
monetary policy decision and details the changes that the Reserve Bank is
implementing to its monetary policy processes.
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In a speech to the Australian Securitisation Forum's annual conference, Carl Schwartz,
acting Head of Domestic Markets, talks about how the securitisation market
has evolved over recent years. He notes the securitisation markets have continued to
adapt to large changes in financial conditions.
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In a speech to the UBS Australasia Conference, acting Assistant Governor (Economic)
Marion Kohler talks about how we see the outlook for the Australian economy,
approaches we use to assess where we are relative to full employment and our review
of economic forecasts for the past year.
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In this speech at the AFIA Conference, Brad Jones, Assistant Governor (Financial
System), spoke about emerging risks to financial stability that look quite different
to those of recent decades and the importance of building resilience along various
dimensions.
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Appearance by Michele Bullock, Governor, and Christopher Kent, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets), before the Senate Economics Legislation Committee (Supplementary Budget Estimates), Canberra
Governor Michele Bullock spoke about how the Reserve Bank Board balances its objectives for
price stability, full employment and financial stability when formulating monetary
policy at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia Global Markets Conference.
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In this speech to the CFA Societies in Sydney, Head of International Department Penelope Smith spoke
about how Australia benefited from the decision 40 years ago to float the exchange rate and liberalise
the capital account.
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In this speech to The Australian Financial Review Cryptocurrency Summit, Brad Jones,
Assistant Governor (Financial System), spoke about the opportunities and challenges
arising from the tokenisation of assets and money in the digital age. He also
discussed how these issues connect to the next phase of the Reserve Bank's strategic
work program on the future of money.
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In this speech to the Bloomberg Address in Sydney, Christopher Kent, Assistant
Governor (Financial Markets), spoke about how monetary policy moves through the
economy in three steps – from the cash rate to a broad range of interest rates, from
those rates to economic activity and from economic activity to inflation. He also
discussed the five main channels of monetary policy and the impact they are having
in Australia to bring down inflation.
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Latest release of archival records includes ledgers, correspondence and pass
books from the early savings banks accompanied by photographs of the banks
branches. These records can be explored further through new research guides on
school banking, the 1890s depression in Australia and family history research.
Speaking at the Anika Foundation annual fundraiser, Governor Philip Lowe talked
about the main economic challenges of his term and four fixed points he has returned
to over the years.
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Deputy Governor Michele Bullock spoke about climate change, its impact on the economy and implications for monetary policy at the Sir Leslie Melville Lecture in Canberra.
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Acting Head of Domestic Markets Carl Schwartz spoke at the Risk Australia 2023
Conference about the need for the Bank to understand the implications of climate
change, and the efforts being made to address it.
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Appearance by Ellis Connolly, Head of Payments Policy, and Chris Thompson,
Deputy Head of Payments Policy, before the Senate Economics Legislation
Committee Inquiry into Digital Assets (Market Regulation) Bill 2023,
Canberra
Speaking to the Economic Society of Australia (QLD), Governor Philip Lowe detailed
some of the changes the Board intends to make in response to the Reserve Bank
Review. The Governor also explained the latest monetary policy decision and
highlighted some issues the Board will focus on at the August meeting.
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Deputy Governor Michele Bullock spoke to the Ai Group about our full employment
objective, how the labour market has evolved recently and how we are striving to
preserve many of the gains in the Australian labour market while bringing inflation
back to target.
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Panel Participation by Christopher Kent, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets), at the ISDA/AFMA Derivatives Forum, Sydney
Available papers presented at the 2022 conference on 'Economic Implications of
the Digital Economy' and 2023 conference on 'Underneath the Headlines:
Understanding Price Change in the Australian Economy'
Governor Philip Lowe spoke at the Morgan Stanley 5th Australia Summit about our strategy for navigating the narrow path to return inflation to target in a reasonable timeframe while keeping the economy on an even keel.
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Appearance by Philip Lowe, Governor, and Brad Jones, Assistant Governor
(Financial System), before the Senate Economics Legislation Committee
(Budget Estimates), Canberra
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Head of Domestic Markets, David Jacobs, spoke at the Australian Government Fixed
Income Forum in Tokyo about the recent developments and outlook for Australia's
fixed income market including how the wind-down of the Reserve Banks balance sheet
is affecting markets.
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Head of Economic Analysis Marion Kohler spoke to CEDA in Perth about how forecasting
is a key decision-making tool for central banks, the challenges associated with how
we forecast and our latest forecasts for growth, unemployment and inflation.
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Governor Philip Lowe spoke at the Reserve Bank Board Dinner in Perth about the May
monetary policy decision, as well as a number of the Reserve Banks other functions
and the recently released Review of the Reserve Bank of Australia.
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This article jointly published with the Australian Bureau of Statistics draws out new insights into the
private Australian rental market using a new large administrative dataset of rental properties, which is
an input to the Consumer Price Index.
Governor Philip Lowe provides a briefing for media following the release of the
Final Report from the Review of the Reserve Bank of Australia – An RBA fit for
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In this address, Governor Philip Lowe explains the Reserve Bank Board's monetary
policy decision at the 4 April 2023 meeting and discusses some of the factors that
are likely to bear on the economic outlook. He also talks about the importance of
returning to low inflation.
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In this keynote address, Ellis Connolly, Head of Payments Policy discusses the shift that Australians have made to paying for goods and services electronically and how the Bank is addressing important payments policy issues that have emerged due to this transition.
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The latest release of archival records includes economic analysis from the 1970s, promotional materials about Bank services, 1960s photographs and the Coombs Collection of Australian paintings.
On behalf of current and former colleagues at the Reserve Bank, the Governor, Philip Lowe, records with deep regret that former
Governor Robert Alan Johnston AC died on 20 March 2023, aged 98. He was Governor of the Reserve Bank from 1982 to 1989.
In this speech, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets) Christopher Kent explains
recent temporary changes that have lengthened the time it takes for monetary
policy to affect spending via its effect on the cash flows of borrowers. Audio13.7MBQ&A TranscriptDownload576KB
In this keynote address, Governor Philip Lowe explains the positive labour market outcomes of recent years and the factors the Reserve Bank Board is paying close attention to as it navigates the narrow path to bring inflation back to target.
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