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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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Operations in Financial Markets
12 Sep 2014
RBA Annual Report
– 2014
While Australia has now operated a floating exchange rate regime for more than 30 years, the Bank has always retained the discretion to intervene in the market for Australian dollars to ... As these transactions alter the supply of ES balances (without
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2014/ops-fin-mkts.html
Monetary Policy | Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report - 1985
30 Jun 1985
Annual Report
The floating exchange rate has also increased the influence of the Bank's market operations on domestic financial conditions – in particular, the extent to which these operations are able to modify ... The floating exchange rate, coupled with the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1985/mon-policy.html
Earnings and Distribution
25 Oct 2010
RBA Annual Report
– 2010
rates. An appreciation of the exchange rate results in valuation losses, as foreign assets are worth less in Australian dollars; an exchange rate depreciation leads to valuation gains. ... faced by the Bank in managing market risk on its assets in a
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2010/earnings-dist.html
Financial System Stability
2 Sep 2003
RBA Annual Report
– 2003
First, foreign reserves are a more relevant indicator for countries with fixed or managed exchange rate systems than for countries with a floating exchange rate, such as Australia. ... A relatively low ratio of foreign reserves to short-term debt is also
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2003/fin-sys-stability.html
Governor's Foreword
30 Jun 1998
RBA Annual Report
– 1998
In 1997/98, on the other hand, with a falling Australian dollar the Bank intervened in the second half of the year by buying Australian dollars when the exchange rate fell. ... Of the $3.2 billion bought by the Bank in 1997/98, $2.6 billion was bought in
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1998/gov-foreword.html
Operations in Financial Markets
3 Aug 1999
RBA Annual Report
– 1999
Australia has a floating exchange rate regime in which the currency has been allowed to move over a wide range, an arrangement which has proved beneficial to the economy because of ... In extreme cases, such instances of ‘overshooting’, which are
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1999/oper-fin-mkts.html
Operations in Financial Markets
30 Jun 1998
RBA Annual Report
– 1998
Australia operates a floating exchange rate regime, which means that the exchange rate is determined by the balance of demand and supply in the market for the Australian dollar. ... The Reserve Bank remains strongly of the view that the floating exchange
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1998/oper-fin-mkts.html
Operations in Financial Markets
10 Sep 2012
RBA Annual Report
– 2012
Some transactions undertaken by the Reserve Bank are intended to influence the exchange rate or conditions in the market for foreign exchange. ... Nevertheless, the Bank retains discretion to intervene to address dislocated markets and gross
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2012/ops-fin-mkts.html
The RBA in the Community
24 Aug 2001
RBA Annual Report
– 2001
The Governor spoke mainly about the economy, monetary policy and exchange-rate issues to organisations such as the Committee for Economic Development of Australia and the World Economic Forum Asian/Pacific ... It discussed papers on the economic
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2001/rba-community.html
Note 18 – Financial Instruments | Financial Statements
3 Aug 1999
RBA Annual Report
– 1999
Interest rate risk is the risk that the value of a financial instrument will fluctuate due to changes in market interest rates. ... Approximately $1.8 billion has a maturity period of 1–5 years. Interest rate futures reflect short positions in interest
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1999/fin-statements/note-18.html