Statement on Monetary Policy May 2019

The Statement on Monetary Policy sets out the Bank's assessment of current economic conditions, both domestic and international, along with the outlook for Australian inflation and output growth. A number of boxes on topics of special interest are also published. The Statement is issued four times a year.

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• Overview
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• The International Environment
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• Box A: China's Local Government Bond Market
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• Box B: Why Are Long-term Bond Yields So Low?
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• Domestic Economic Conditions
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• Domestic Financial Conditions
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• Inflation
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• Box C: Housing in the Consumer Price Index
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• Box D: Trends in Wages Growth by Pay-setting Method
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• Economic Outlook
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• Appendix: Forecasts
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The material in this Statement on Monetary Policy was finalised on 9 May 2019.

Some graphs in this publication were generated using Mathematica.

ISSN 1448–5133 (Print)
ISSN 1448–5141 (Online)