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Draft papers presented at Reserve Bank of Australia 2023 Conference
Draft papers presented at Reserve Bank of Australia 2023 Conference
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.
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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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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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Research Discussion Paper 2023-05
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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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'
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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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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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Research Discussion Paper 2023-04
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
the future.
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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.
Research Discussion Paper 2023-03
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.
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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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Research Discussion Paper 2023-02
Brad Jones, Assistant Governor (Financial System).
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Michele Bullock, Deputy Governor, and Adam Cagliarini, Deputy Head (FMI) Payments Policy Department. No text available.
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Philip Lowe, Governor and Michele Bullock, Deputy Governor. No text available.
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Marion Kohler, Head of Economic Analysis Department and
Tom Rosewall, Deputy Head of Economic Analysis Department
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Keynote Address by Philip Lowe, Governor, at Australian Payments Network Summit 2022, Sydney
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Speech by Brad Jones, Assistant Governor (Financial System), to the 17th Central Bank Conference on the Microstructure of Financial Markets, Sydney
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Speech by Jonathan Kearns, Head of Domestic Markets, to the Australian Securitisation Conference, Sydney
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Address by Philip Lowe, Governor, CEDA Annual Dinner Address, Melbourne
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Michele Bullock, Deputy Governor
Christopher Kent, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets)
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Speech by Michele Bullock, Deputy Governor, to the Australian Business Economists, Sydney
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Remarks by Philip Lowe, Governor, Hobart
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Research Discussion Paper 2022-05
Speech by Christopher Kent, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets), Commonwealth Bank Global Markets Conference, Sydney
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Speech by Michele Bullock, Deputy Governor, at the AFIA Annual Conference, Sydney
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Keynote Address by Luci Ellis, Assistant Governor (Economic), to Citi Australia & New Zealand Investment Conference, Sydney
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Speech by Jacqui Dwyer, Head of Information Department, at Macquarie University
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Latest release of archival records includes items relating to Dr HC ‘Nugget’ Coombs, 1960s photographs and additional records on economic analysis from 1918 to 1973.
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Speech by Michele Bullock, Deputy Governor, Bloomberg, Sydney
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Speech by Jonathan Kearns, Head of Domestic Markets, to AFR Property Summit 2022, Sydney
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Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor, Canberra
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Speech by Philip Lowe, Governor, to the Anika Foundation, Sydney
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Speech by Jonathan Kearns, Head of Domestic Markets, Credit Law Conference ‘Managing Financial Services Risks in an Age of Uncertainty’, Sydney
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has today announced the Terms of Reference for the review of the Reserve Bank. See the Treasurer's media release for details.
Address by Philip Lowe, Governor, to the Australian Strategic Business Forum 2022, Melbourne
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Speech by Michele Bullock, Deputy Governor, at the ESA (QLD) Business Lunch, Brisbane
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Draft papers presented at Reserve Bank of Australia 2022 Conference
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Speech by Philip Lowe, Governor, to American Chamber of Commerce in Australia (AMCHAM), Sydney
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Keynote Speech by Luci Ellis, Assistant Governor (Economic), to the UDIA 2022 National Congress, Sydney
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Keynote Address by Christopher Kent, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets), KangaNews DCM Summit, Sydney
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Opening Address by Ellis Connolly, Head of Payments Policy Department, to the Real Time Payments Summit 21/22, ICC, Sydney
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Michele Bullock, Deputy Governor
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Latest release of archival records includes economic analysis over the period 1918 to 1966, as well as historic documents and photographs about Bank offices and branches.
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Address by Philip Lowe, Governor
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Keynote Address by Philip Lowe, Governor, AFR Business Summit, Sydney
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Remarks by Christopher Kent, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets), to the Australian Financial Markets Association, Sydney
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Remarks by Philip Lowe, Governor, to G20 Meeting in Indonesia, Online
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Guy Debelle, Deputy Governor
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Address by Philip Lowe, Governor, to National Press Club of Australia, Sydney
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