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RBA Glossary definition for fiscal transparency
fiscal transparency – The facility which enables investors and other interested parties to satisfy themselves as to the nature and quality of the decision process pursued by policy-makers in government or the corporate entity concerned. One of the 12 key standards identified by the Financial Stability Forum as the minimum required for good practice in sound financial systems. Fiscal transparency strengthens accountability of the government and decreases the risk of maintaining unsustainable policies.
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The RBA's Role in Processing the Fiscal Stimulus Payments
10 Aug 2009
Bulletin
– August 2009
Bulletin – August 2009 The RBA's Role in Processing the Fiscal Stimulus Payments. ... As part of its fiscal stimulus package, the Australian Government has made payments to individuals totalling around $20 billion since late last year.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2009/aug/1.html
Modelling Countercyclical Fiscal Policy
10 Dec 2014
RDP
2014-02
RDP 2014-02: Fiscal Policy and the Inflation Target 3. Modelling Countercyclical Fiscal Policy. ... The role of a policy reaction function (whether fiscal or monetary) is sometimes misunderstood.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2014/2014-02/modelling-countercyclical-fiscal-policy.html
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Recent Changes in IMF Lending
10 Dec 2011
Bulletin
– December 2011
Fiscal conditions have also been prominent in most programs in our sample, with the exception of the Asian crisis programs. ... The fiscal conditions in these arrangements have been quite varied, although tax recovery, expenditure monitoring and control,
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2011/dec/8.html
China's Evolving Monetary Policy Framework in International Context
1 Dec 2019
RDP
2019-11
Accountability and transparency – the central bank is held accountable by lawmakers for meeting these monetary policy objectives. ... As discussed below, the mechanisms for transparency are more similar than those for accountability per se.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2019/2019-11/full.html
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The Real Effects of Debt Covenants: Evidence from Australia
25 Oct 2022
RDP
2022-05
As discussed earlier, this could be due to the trend towards greater transparency in corporate reporting or an increase in the usage of covenants in debt contracts (or both).
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2022/2022-05/full.html
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Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Aug 2002
Bulletin
– August 2002
Fiscal policy in some countries has limited room for manoeuvre, as current budget positions are close to, or above the constraints set by the Stability and Growth Pact. ... The overall impact of fiscal policy across the region in 2002 is broadly neutral.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2002/aug/1.html
Infrastructure Investment in China
19 Jun 2014
Bulletin
– June 2014
Infrastructure investment in China has increased significantly in recent decades and has been a significant driver of economic growth and improved standards of living. Nonetheless, the level of infrastructure in China remains below that in developed
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2014/jun/4.html
Financing Infrastructure: A Spectrum of Country Approaches
19 Sep 2013
Bulletin
– September 2013
Over recent decades, there has been a shift away from public infrastructure financing towards private infrastructure financing, particularly in advanced economies. In this article, infrastructure financing in four countries – China, India,
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2013/sep/8.html
Gauging the Uncertainty of the Economic Outlook Using Historical Forecasting Errors: The Federal Reserve's Approach
1 Feb 2017
RDP
2017-01
Publishing estimates of uncertainty can also enhance a central bank's transparency, credibility, and accountability. ... Fiscal policy represents another area where conditioning assumptions could have implications for using historical forecast errors to
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2017/2017-01/full.html
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Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Aug 2005
Bulletin
– August 2005
Statement on Monetary Policy-August 2005
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2005/aug/1.html