Search: foreign-currency liquidity
RBA Glossary definition for foreign-currency liquidity
foreign-currency liquidity – The capacity to exchange foreign currency for domestic currency without significantly moving the exchange rate. The extent to which a foreign currency may be traded readily without causing a significant movement in price.
RBA Glossary definition for liquidity
liquidity – The capacity to sell an asset quickly without significantly affecting the price of that asset. Liquidity is also sometimes used to refer to assets that are highly liquid.
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Recent Trends in Australian Banks' Bond Issuance
10 Mar 2010
Bulletin
– March 2010
Cross-currency swaps are used to convert foreign currency payments into A$ payments. ... Bulletin. , March, pp 35–44. D’Arcy P, M Shah Idil and T Davis (2009), ‘Foreign Currency Exposure and Hedging in Australia’, RBA.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2010/mar/5.html
Australian Capital Flows
15 Jun 2017
Bulletin
– June 2017
Capital inflows have underpinned the expansion of Australia's productive capacity for the past 200 years or more. Recently, there have been three noteworthy changes in the composition of these flows. First, most inflows to the mining sector are now
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2017/jun/3.html
The Financial Crisis through the Lens of Foreign Exchange Swap Markets
10 Jun 2010
Bulletin
– June 2010
The dislocation also affected the cost of hedging banks' own long-term foreign currency debt in the cross-currency swap market. ... Cross-currency swaps are used extensively by Australian banks to hedge foreign currency bond issuance at maturities of
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2010/jun/7.html
Developments in Banks' Funding Costs and Lending Rates
16 Mar 2017
Bulletin
– March 2017
This article updates previous Reserve Bank research on the ways in which developments in the composition and pricing of banks' debt funding have affected their overall cost of funds and influenced lending rates. Major banks' outstanding funding
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2017/mar/5.html
Structural Features of Australian Residential Mortgage-backed Securities
18 Jun 2015
Bulletin
– June 2015
This article provides a summary of structural features typically found in Australian residential mortgage-backed securities and their evolution over the past decade. Understanding the structural features of the securities is essential to the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2015/jun/6.html
RBA Intraday Currency Market Volatility and Turnover
10 Dec 2007
Bulletin
– December 2007
That is, traders buy or sell currencies in order to reduce their foreign currency exposure until they return to work the following day. ... Similarly, as traders in a given market return to work and re-establish foreign currency positions, volatility
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2007/dec/1.html
The Australian Government Guarantee Scheme: 2008–15
17 Mar 2016
Bulletin
– March 2016
The Australian Government Guarantee Scheme for Large Deposits and Wholesale Funding (the Guarantee Scheme or scheme) was introduced during the global financial crisis in response to similar measures taken in other countries, and to address extreme
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2016/mar/5.html
The Domestic Market for Short-term Debt Securities
10 Sep 2011
Bulletin
– September 2011
In this way, Australian entities that raise short-term funds offshore (such as ADIs and the states' central borrowing authorities) generally borrow in a foreign currency and swap the proceeds back ... However, empirical studies, both on Australian dollar
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2011/sep/5.html
The Chinese Interbank Repo Market
15 Jun 2017
Bulletin
– June 2017
The market for repurchase agreements (repos) is an important source of short-term funding for financial institutions operating in China. This article outlines the key features of Chinese repo markets, focusing on the interbank market, before
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2017/jun/9.html
Bond Market Development in East Asia
10 Dec 2003
Bulletin
– December 2003
Sovereign issues denominated in foreign currency have largely been confined to the Philippines. ... Foreign currency issuance in other countries generally accounts for around half of total corporate debt issuance.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2003/dec/1.html