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ACT – Australian Competition Tribunal
RBA Glossary definition for FOI
FOI – Freedom of Information, a regime under which individuals have the right to request access to documents from Australian Government ministers and most government agencies. The regime is established by the FOI Act.
RBA Glossary definition for FOI Act
FOI Act – Freedom of Information Act 1982
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Box A: The Boom in the Prices of Steel-making Commodities
10 May 2010
SMP
– May 2010
While the surge in iron ore and coal prices will provide a large boost to Australian incomes, it will also act as an important signal to producers and users of these
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2010/may/box-a.html
International and Foreign Exchange Markets
10 Nov 2008
SMP
– November 2008
While the draft legislation was initially rejected by the US House of Representatives, a revised form of the package, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (EESA), was passed into law in early ... October. The Act allows the US Treasury to provide
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2008/nov/intl-fx-mkts.html
International Economic Developments
10 May 2009
SMP
– May 2009
In the United States the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passed in mid February, setting in train a discretionary stimulus in excess of 4 per cent of annual GDP to
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2009/may/intl-eco-dev.html
Box B: Measuring Household Debt
11 Aug 2015
SMP
– August 2015
Footnotes. Enterprises that have become a corporation under the Corporations Act (2001) are legally separate to their owners.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2015/aug/box-b-measuring-household-debt.html
Domestic Financial Markets
15 Feb 2017
SMP
– February 2017
By converting the Australian dollars they raise into foreign currency, Kangaroo issuers act as indirect counterparties for Australian corporations looking to convert funds raised offshore back into Australian dollars.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2017/feb/domestic-financial-markets.html
International and Foreign Exchange Markets
10 Nov 2011
SMP
– November 2011
be able to buy euro area government bonds on primary and secondary markets, be permitted to lend to governments to finance bank recapitalisations, and may act on the basis of precautionary
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2011/nov/intl-fx-mkts.html
Box B: The Recent Japanese Yen Flash Event
10 Feb 2019
SMP
– February 2019
and because Japanese banks, many of whom act as foreign exchange market-makers, were closed for a public holiday in Japan.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2019/feb/box-b-the-recent-japanese-yen-flash-event.html
International Economic Developments
10 Feb 2018
SMP
– February 2018
Additional measures have also been announced that aim to increase oversight of entrusted lending (a form of inter-company financing in which banks act as agents) and a range of smaller
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2018/feb/international-economic-developments.html
Box E: Offset Account Balances and Housing Credit
11 Aug 2015
SMP
– August 2015
An offset account typically acts like an at-call deposit account, with funds in the account netted against the borrower's outstanding mortgage balance for the purposes of calculating interest on ... Because it acts like an at-call deposit account, any
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2015/aug/box-e-offset-account-balances-and-housing-credit.html
Box C: Fiscal Policy and Economic Activity
11 Aug 2015
SMP
– August 2015
A narrowing in the cash deficit entails a mix of lower payments and/ or higher receipts, both of which can act to reduce aggregate spending across the private and public sectors.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2015/aug/box-c-fiscal-policy-and-aconomic-activity.html