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RBA Glossary definition for accrual accounting

accrual accounting – Revenues and expenses are recorded as they are earned or incurred , regardless of whether cash has been received or disbursed. For example, sales on credit would be recognised as revenue, even though the debt may not be settled for some time.

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RBA Australian Corporates' Sources and Uses of Funds

10 Oct 2009 Bulletin – October 2009
Susan Black, Joshua Kirkwood and Shah Shah Idil
While cash profits tend to be correlated with accounting profits, they can differ significantly at times. ... This is because accounting profits are prepared on the basis of the accrual method, whereby revenues are recorded when they are earned and
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2009/oct/1.html

Measuring Profits from Currency Issue

10 Jul 1997 Bulletin – July 1997
As a result, the cash-flow measure shows a much larger increase in the mid 1970s than does the accrual measure. ... Similarly, the decline in nominal interest rates that has accompanied the fall in inflation has seen the accrual measure of seigniorage
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1997/jul/1.html

Appendix C: Adjusting Capital Expenditure Data for Leasing

1 Apr 1987 RDP 8704
Jeffrey Carmichael and Nigel Dews
The national accounts only includes gross fixed capital expenditure on an accruals basis (i.e. ... to line up with the national accounts exactly due to cancellations and lags between commitment and accrual.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/1987/8704/appendix-c.html

Trends in Australian Corporate Financing

17 Dec 2015 Bulletin – December 2015
Ashley Fang, Mitch Kosev and David Wakeling
The aggregate funding behaviour of the Australian non-financial corporate sector has been fairly steady over the period since the global financial crisis. However, this masks the quite divergent experiences of the resources and non-resources sectors.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2015/dec/4.html

Funding the Australian Resources Investment Boom

22 Mar 2013 Bulletin – March 2013
Ivailo Arsov, Ben Shanahan and Thomas Williams
Investment by the Australian resources sector has risen steadily since the early 2000s to be at record levels. Most of the investment has been made by publicly listed companies, with contributions split evenly between Australian and foreign listed
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2013/mar/6.html

Box C: Fiscal Policy and Economic Activity

11 Aug 2015 SMP – August 2015
The projections also depend on whether the flows are measured using cash or accrual accounting principles. ... Broadly speaking, accrual measures record when commitments between two parties are created, whereas cash measures record when payments are
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2015/aug/box-c-fiscal-policy-and-aconomic-activity.html

Data and Stylised Facts

6 May 2018 RDP 2018-05
Jonathan Hambur and Gianni La Cava
It is an accrual-based measure because it recognises investment at the time the expense is incurred and not when the cash is spent. ... While a number of recent papers have demonstrated the importance of accounting for investment in intangibles when
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2018/2018-05/data-and-stylised-facts.html
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Statement on Monetary Policy

10 Aug 2004 Bulletin – August 2004
Bulletin – August 2004 Statement on Monetary Policy. Download the complete Statement 773. KB. Economic developments over recent months point to continued good growth of the Australian economy. The global upswing has maintained its momentum since
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Statement on Monetary Policy

10 Aug 2003 Bulletin – August 2003
Both imports and exports of information technology and communications (ITC) equipment have grown strongly over recent years, with China now accounting for a larger proportion of world ITC equipment exports than ... Overall, Australia has maintained its
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Statement on Monetary Policy

10 Aug 2002 Bulletin – August 2002
While all this was taking place, there was growing concern over the quality of corporate governance and accounting in the US. ... Equity market weakness, the reassessment of the strength of the US economy, fears of terrorism, and concerns over corporate
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2002/aug/1.html