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RBA Glossary definition for interest rate
interest rate – The term used to describe the cost of borrowing money or the return to the owner of the funds which are invested or lent out. It is usually expressed as a percent per annum of the amount of money borrowed, lent or invested.
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Appendix
1 Dec 1989
RDP
8908
Weekly or monthly changes in domestic interest rates are not significantly related to weekly or monthly changes in the exchange rate. ... That is, unanticipated shocks to the exchange rate led the Reserve Bank on a number of occasions to alter domestic
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MARTIN Has Its Place: A Macroeconometric Model of the Australian Economy
1 Aug 2019
RDP
2019-07
Examples include interest rates, the exchange rate, the expenditure components of real GDP, labour market variables and inflation. ... price growth, growth in the dwelling stock, changes in mortgage interest rates and the rate of inflation.
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Financial-asset Prices and Monetary Policy: Theory and Evidence | Conference – 1997
21 Jul 1997
Conferences
Indeed, simulations with macroeconometric models suggest that exchange-rate changes have more immediate effects on real economic activity than changes in interest rates (Smets 1995). ... appreciation by raising interest rates as the exchange rate signals
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/smets.html
News and Interest Rate Expectations: A Study of Six Central Banks | Conference – 2004
9 Aug 2004
Conferences
The efficient market hypothesis suggests that interest rate futures incorporate all relevant information about future interest rates that is available at any point in time. ... We measure these using changes in daily implied interest rates from 90-day
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2004/connolly-kohler.html
Discussion on The Smoothing of Official Interest Rates | Conference – 1997
21 Jul 1997
Conferences
rate, making policy reactions relatively unresponsive – and hence interest rates relatively smooth – in the short run. ... Does smoothing of official interest rates mean that the exchange rate is more variable?
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/lindsey-disc.html
Appendix: Data Sources and Methods
1 Aug 1988
RDP
8805
Bulletin. ; historical series are available on the Bulletin Database. The monthly data are averaged for each quarter, to form a better representation of the average interest rate prevailing in the quarter. ... Data for real interest rates are calculated
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Appendix D: Glossary and Data
1 Jun 2000
RDP
2000-05
t. = i. t. (p. t. p. t4. ). foreign real short term policy interest rate. ... Source:. Interest rates: Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin, Table F.11. For the German repo rate prior to 1999: Datastream, FOOIRGRR.
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The Australian Experience
1 Jul 1990
RDP
9002
The fall in interest rates during 1987 corresponds to a period of nominal exchange rate appreciation which was primarily due to strong commodity prices. ... The large fall in real interest rates in 1987/88 coincided with the strongly appreciating real
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The Rise in Household Liquidity
10 Nov 2021
RDP
2021-10
Specifically, disinflation and falling real interest rates have increased housing prices and housing deposits, and have also made it easier to amortise existing debt. ... The relevant interest rate is derived from RBA statistical table ‘F5 Indicator
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The Interest Rate Reaction Functions
23 Mar 2009
RDP
2009-01
Here,. represents the real interest rate in the efficient economy. Equations (88) and (89) can be used to write:. ... In practice, however, central bankers set the interest rates to achieve their targets.
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