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RBA Glossary definition for central bank
central bank – A non-commercial bank, which may or may not be independent of government, which has some or all of the following functions: conduct monetary policy; oversee the stability of the financial system; issue currency notes; act as banker to the government; supervise financial institutions and regulate payments systems.
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Central Bank Independence in Retrospect
28 Sep 2017
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Thepolitical business cycle was one of the primary motivations for central bank independence. ... Another important distinction, in my view, between the Delphic Oracle and central banks is that theaccountability is confined to the goals given to the
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2017/pdf/sp-dg-2017-09-28.pdf
Summary for Central Bank independence In Retrospect
28 Sep 2017
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Speech delivered by Guy Debelle, Deputy Governor, at Bank of England Independence: 20 Years On Conference, London
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2017/sp-dg-2017-09-28-summary.html
Universidad De Chile Conference on Central Bank Independence, Mandates and Policies
22 Oct 2021
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To be clear, inflation control is, and always needsto be, core to what a central bank does. ... touch on fourother aspects of the relationship between the central bank and the government.
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2021/pdf/sp-gov-2021-10-22.pdf
An eAUD?
13 Dec 2017
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Speech delivered by Philip Lowe, Governor, at the 2017 Australian Payment Summit, Sydney
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2017/sp-gov-2017-12-13.html
Climate Change and Central Banks
31 Aug 2023
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Speech - 2023
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2023/pdf/sp-dg-2023-08-29.pdf
The Economics of a Central Bank Digital Currency in Australia
7 Dec 2022
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Speech - 2022
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2022/pdf/sp-ag-2022-12-08.pdf
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Speeches by senior staff of the Reserve Bank
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/list.html
Liquidity and the Lender of Last Resort
15 Apr 2008
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Speech by Glenn Stevens to The Seventh Annual Sir Leslie Melville Lecture, ANU-Toyota Public Lecture Series 2008, HC Coombs Lecture Theatre, Australian National University, Canberra
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2008/sp-gov-150408.html
Some Echoes of Melville
29 Oct 2019
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Speech delivered by Philip Lowe, Governor, Sir Leslie Melville Lecture, Canberra
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2019/sp-gov-2019-10-29.html
Retail Central Bank Digital Currency: Design Considerations and Rationales
15 Oct 2020
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possibility of central banks issuing a new digital form of cash, known ascentral bank digital currency or CBDC. ... Bank of Canada (2020), ‘Contingency Planning for a Central Bank Digital Currency’, February.
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2020/pdf/sp-so-2020-10-14.pdf