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RBA Glossary definition for basis point
basis point – A basis point is 1/100th of 1 per cent or 0.01 per cent, so 100 basis points (bps) is equal to 1 percentage point. The term is used in money and securities markets to define differences in interest or yield. If an interest rate were to increase from 2 per cent to 3 per cent, it is said to have risen by 100 basis points (bps) or one percentage point.
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Domestic Financial Markets
8 Feb 2013
SMP
– February 2013
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691KB
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2013/feb/pdf/dom-fin-mkts.pdf
Bulletin
17 Apr 2024
Bulletin
- April 2024
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7253KB
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2024/apr/pdf/bulletin-2024-04.pdf
Macrofinancial Stress Testing on Australian Banks
13 Sep 2023
RDP
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2 Our calibration results in wholesale funding spreads rising by 80 basis points for every percentage point of reduction. ... We feel this latter point is essential for modelling defaults on banks’ business lending portfolios,.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2022/pdf/rdp2022-03.pdf
Designing Inflation Targets
7 Dec 2006
Conferences
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RBA Conference Volume 1997
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/pdf/haldane.pdf
The Unit-effect Normalisation in Set-identified Structural Vector Autoregressions
30 May 2022
Research Workshop
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805KB
RBA Workshop 2022
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/workshops/research/2022/pdf/rba-workshop-2022-read.pdf
Domestic Financial Markets
8 Nov 2012
SMP
– November 2012
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619KB
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2012/nov/pdf/dom-fin-mkts.pdf
Opening Statement to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics
8 Feb 2024
Speech
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Speech - 2024
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2024/pdf/sp-gov-2024-02-09.pdf
Box C: Interest Rate Risk in the Australian Financial System
10 Feb 2020
FSR
April 2018
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638KB
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2018/apr/pdf/box-c.pdf
RBAFOI-232435 - documents for release
21 Feb 2024
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Documents created in March 2020 concerning the functioning of the U.S. Treasury market
https://www.rba.gov.au/information/foi/disclosure-log/pdf/232435.pdf
Bulletin September Quarter 2023
15 Feb 2024
Bulletin
- September 2023
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2023/sep/pdf/bulletin-2023-09.pdf