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RBA Glossary definition for floating exchange rate
floating exchange rate – Exchange rates determined by market forces based on the demand for and supply of a currency.
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Open Market Operations Since the Float
10 Dec 1986
Bulletin
– December 1986
To the extent that it was successful, it would prop up interest rates and thus prolong the exchange rate/interest rate combination that gave rise to the inflow in the first ... Without exchange rate variability, the system could quickly degenerate into
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1986/dec/2.html
Understanding Exchange Rates and Why They Are Important
13 Dec 2018
Bulletin
– December 2018
Exchange rates are important to Australia's economy because they affect trade and financial flows between Australia and other countries.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2018/dec/understanding-exchange-rates-and-why-they-are-important.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Nov 2000
Bulletin
– November 2000
Elsewhere in Asia, the countries with floating exchange rates have depreciated against the US dollar, though to varying degrees. ... The significance of economic news and interest rates emerges clearly when the large individual moves in the exchange rate
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2000/nov/1.html
Foreign Exchange Derivative Markets in Asia
7 Dec 2017
Bulletin
– December 2017
Activity in foreign exchange derivative markets in Asia has increased in recent years, along with greater incentives to hedge exchange rate risk. But these markets are more developed for the currencies of advanced Asian economies than emerging Asian
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2017/dec/9.html
Risk Management
16 Oct 2015
RBA Annual Report
– 2015
The Australian dollar value of the Reserve Bank's portfolio rose over 2014/15, resulting in an increase in exchange rate risk. ... This involves the Bank receiving and remitting collateral to cover exposures on foreign exchange swaps generated by
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2015/risk-management.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Feb 2001
Bulletin
– February 2001
Graph 15. The peak of the US trade-weighted index broadly coincided with the trough in the Euro/US dollar bilateral exchange rate. ... Elsewhere in Asia, the currencies of countries with floating exchange rates appear to have stabilised against the US
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2001/feb/1.html
Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements
19 Oct 2023
RBA Annual Report
– October 2023
negative net interest income as increases in the domestic cash rate during 2022/23 resulted in the floating interest rate paid on most of the Banks liabilities, namely Exchange Settlement balances, ... The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2023/financial-statements/notes.html
Operations in Financial Markets
27 Oct 2022
RBA Annual Report
– October 2022
These swaps do not affect the exchange rate. The Bank had A$8.6 billion in long-term swaps outstanding at the end of June 2022. ... c) In accordance with IMF guidelines, forward commitments reflect notional values of unsettled spot and forward
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2022/operations-in-financial-markets.html
Semi-Annual Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Nov 1998
Bulletin
– November 1998
currency pair in such a short period since the move to floating exchange rates in 1973. ... A similar pattern of short-term interest rates was evident in late August and early September as the exchange rate again fell heavily.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1998/nov/1.html
Operations in Financial Markets
24 Aug 2001
RBA Annual Report
– 2001
The floating exchange rate regime which Australia adopted in 1983 means that the exchange rate fluctuates in response to changes in the demand for and supply of the currency in the ... Australia's intervention operations are fairly typical of those of
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2001/oper-fin-mkts.html