Search: CATs
RBA Glossary definition for CATs
CATs – Credit Authorisation Terminals
Search Results
Realisation Ratios in the Capital Expenditure Survey
19 Dec 2013
Bulletin
– December 2013
The Australian Bureau of Statistics capital expenditure survey is one of the inputs into the Reserve Bank's forecasts for private business investment. This article considers several methods for interpreting the expectations data from this survey and
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2013/dec/1.html
Inflation Measurement for Central Bankers | Conference – 2004
9 Aug 2004
Conferences
th. series, Cat No 6440.0. Balk BM (1995), ‘Axiomatic price index theory: a survey’, International Statistical Review, 63(1), pp 69–93.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2004/hill.html
Unemployment and Spare Capacity in the Labour Market
18 Sep 2014
Bulletin
– September 2014
The unemployment rate provides an important gauge of spare capacity in the labour market and the economy more generally. However, other factors also affect unemployment, which complicates its interpretation when informing monetary policy.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2014/sep/2.html
Assessing China's Merchandise Trade Data Using Mirror Statistics
17 Dec 2015
Bulletin
– December 2015
Given their timeliness, Chinese trade data have the potential to provide a useful early read on conditions in the Australian and global traded sectors. However, the reliability of China's merchandise trade data has come under scrutiny in recent
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2015/dec/3.html
Microeconomics of the Australian Labour Market | Conference – 1998
9 Jun 1998
Conferences
importance varies by industry, and by firm size (ABS cat.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1998/freebairn.html
Measuring ‘Underlying’ Inflation
10 Aug 1994
Bulletin
– August 1994
Sources: ABS Cat. Nos 5206.0, 6401.0; Commonwealth Treasury. The ‘underlying’ rate of inflation – rather than the conventional CPI – is the primary focus for monetary policy purposes; it is this
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1994/aug/1.html
Loan Approvals, Repayments and Housing Credit Growth
10 Jul 2007
Bulletin
– July 2007
New loan approvals are calculated from the ABS Housing Finance release (Cat No 5609.0) as the sum of: owner-occupier loan approvals for construction, purchase of new dwellings, purchase of
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2007/jul/1.html
Australia's Tourism Industry
10 Dec 2011
Bulletin
– December 2011
References. ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) (2010), ‘Australian National Accounts: Tourism Satellite Account 2009-10’, ABS Cat No 5249.0, December.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2011/dec/3.html
The Future of Cash
15 Dec 2016
Bulletin
– December 2016
Australian consumers have increasingly been using electronic payment methods in preference to cash for their transactions. The overall demand for cash in Australia, however, remains strong. There is ongoing demand for cash for non-transaction
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2016/dec/5.html
Commodity Prices and The Terms of Trade
10 Apr 2005
Bulletin
– April 2005
Some further background on these adjustments is provided in ‘The terms of trade and the national accounts’, feature article in ABS Cat No 5206.0, December quarter 2004.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2005/apr/1.html