Search: Nominal interest rate
RBA Glossary definition for Nominal interest rate
Nominal interest rate – The nominal interest rate refers to the cost of borrowing money before adjustment for inflation i.e. it includes compensation for the expected erosion of the value of the borrowed funds due to inflation. It is the cost visible to the borrower, and is composed of the real interest rate plus inflation.
RBA Glossary definition for interest rate
interest rate – The term used to describe the cost of borrowing money or the return to the owner of the funds which are invested or lent out. It is usually expressed as a percent per annum of the amount of money borrowed, lent or invested.
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Monetary Targeting: The International Experience | Conference – 1989
20 Jun 1989
Conferences
t. is the log of the price level. R. t. is the nominal interest rate. ... Thus the optimal policy can be defined indifferently as either a real or a nominal interest rate response to the current price level signal.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1989/edey.html
Is Monetary Policy Less Effective When Interest Rates Are Persistently Low? | Conference – 2017
16 Mar 2017
Conferences
Finally, just as in the case of bank lending, nominal interest rates may matter quite independently of real rates. ... illusion or specific transmission channels working through, or proxied by, the nominal interest rate.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2017/borio-hofmann.html
The Smoothing of Official Interest Rates | Conference – 1997
21 Jul 1997
Conferences
For instance, in the case where ω=0.05 (the smallest penalty on changing interest rates that we consider), the standard deviation of the quarterly change in the nominal interest rate ... It is not the case that optimal monetary policy involves making
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/lowe-ellis.html
Financial Stability in a Low Interest Rate Environment: An Australian Case Study | Conference – 2017
16 Mar 2017
Conferences
More recently, nominal interest rates have declined further, relative to the averages seen in the rest of the inflation-targeting period. ... One issue from low nominal interest rates is that the central bank has less room for conventional monetary
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2017/ellis-littrell.html
The Role of the Exchange Rate in Monetary Policy – the Experience of Other Countries | Conference – 1993
12 Jul 1993
Conferences
Whilst a sizeable dispersion of inflation still persisted, the credibility of the exchange rates was tending to bring about a convergence of nominal interest rates. ... 0 schedule would slope forward, as shown. This system is not stable (see Appendix C);
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1993/artis.html
Evaluating Simple Monetary-policy Rules for Australia | Conference – 1997
21 Jul 1997
Conferences
The appreciation of the nominal exchange rate induced by higher local interest rates also directly lowers inflation by reducing the Australian dollar price of imports. ... These rules set the current nominal interest rate on the basis of currently
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/de-brouwer-oregan.html
Financial-asset Prices and Monetary Policy: Theory and Evidence | Conference – 1997
21 Jul 1997
Conferences
t. ) and the current price level. The central bank sets the nominal interest rate to minimise the following intertemporal loss function,. ... where. is the equilibrium nominal interest rate, π. t. the trend inflation rate,.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/smets.html
Developments in Financial Intermediation | Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report - 1995
31 Dec 1995
Annual Report
With the jump in corporate leverage in the 1980s, corporate cash flows became much more sensitive to changes in nominal interest rates. ... of the margin between interest rates on standard variable-rate loans and short-term money market interest rates.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1995/develop-fin-inte.html
Note 1 – Summary of accounting policies | Financial Statements
30 Jun 1998
RBA Annual Report
– 1998
Interest rates are implicit in the swap contract but interest itself is not paid or received. ... Both interest rate futures and foreign currency swaps are off balance sheet items.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1998/fin-statements/note-1.html
The Relationship Between Financial Indicators and Economic Activity: 1968–1987 | Conference – 1989
31 Dec 1968
Conferences
For interest rates, all significant coefficients are negative, as expected. In other words, a rise in the short-term interest rate is generally associated with a fall in nominal demand, a ... Data for real interest rates are calculated by deducting the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1989/bullock-morris-stevens.html