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RBA Glossary definition for money market
money market – The market which deals in short-term discount securities such as Treasury notes, bank bills and promissory notes. Major participants in this market include the Reserve Bank of Australia, banks, superannuation funds, insurance companies, investment trusts, investment banks, building societies and large corporates.
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Semi-Annual Statement on Monetary Policy
10 May 1999
Bulletin
– May 1999
In the bond market, yields had fallen sharply in late 1998 to 4.72 per cent, their lowest level since 1964, due largely to events in global markets at that time. ... March. The Bank of Japan allowed short-term money-market interest rates to fall to an
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1999/may/1.html
Australian Financial Markets
10 Jun 2002
Bulletin
– June 2002
Bulletin. In terms of turnover, the equity market is much smaller than the foreign exchange and debt markets. ... OIS are widely used by banks and other participants in the short-term money market to hedge their exposures to short-term interest rates, in
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2002/jun/2.html
The Economy and Financial Markets
10 Feb 2000
Bulletin
– February 2000
Graph 8. Share markets have been volatile, with periods of optimism about the outlook for profits, particularly in the ‘technology’ sector, interspersed by periods of weakness caused by rising market interest ... Emerging-market credit spreads, which
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2000/feb/1.html
Semi-Annual Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Nov 1998
Bulletin
– November 1998
Markets for low-grade investments were hardest hit. Spreads on emerging market debt rose to almost 15 percentage points above US Treasury yields. ... This box outlines typical ways in which market participants can leverage themselves in financial markets.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1998/nov/1.html
The Reserve Bank's Collateral Framework
7 Dec 2017
Bulletin
– December 2017
The Reserve Bank, like other central banks, holds collateral to reduce the risk of financial loss in its domestic market operations. The Reserve Bank's collateral framework sets out how the diverse portfolio of collateral assets is managed and
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2017/dec/2.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Feb 2003
Bulletin
– February 2003
On the other hand, the Australian share market, while it has weakened a little, continues to be much more robust than most share markets overseas; the relative strength of the local ... consistent with other developments in markets, such as the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2003/feb/1.html
The Economy and Financial Markets
10 Feb 1999
Bulletin
– February 1999
Late in 1998, expectations about monetary policy dominated activity in local money and capital markets. ... Notwithstanding these reversals, money and capital market rates in Australia remain very low by historical standards, as does the structure of
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1999/feb/1.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Aug 2004
Bulletin
– August 2004
In Australia, market interest rate expectations remained broadly steady through this period, with markets assessing that Australian rates were closer to normal than in most other countries. ... Pricing in futures markets suggests that market participants
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2004/aug/1.html
The Effect of Chinese Macroeconomic News on Australian Financial Markets
15 Dec 2016
Bulletin
– December 2016
Over the past two decades, economic and financial developments in China have become more important for the Australian economy in many ways. This article focuses on the effect of economic data releases in China on financial markets in Australia, and
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2016/dec/6.html
Bulletin Articles – 2009
9 Mar 2023
Bulletin
The Reserve Bank Bulletin is a monthly publication that contains economic commentary, feature articles, speeches and a set of statistical tables
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2009/