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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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Discussion | Conference – 2017
16 Mar 2017
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Kuttner KN and I Shim (2016), ‘Can Non-Interest Rate Policies Stabilize Housing Markets? ... One participant noted that this reflected the fact that interest rates are a poor instrument for addressing financial stability risks.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2017/dell-ariccia-habermeier-haksar-mancini-griffoli-disc.html
The Evolving Structure of the Australian Financial System | Conference – 1996
9 Jul 1996
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to money-market rates and this means that the difference between the two is likely to be largest at the bottom of the interest rate cycle. ... These averages seem much more closely related to each other than to developments in general securities-market
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1996/edey-gray.html
Twenty-five Years of Inflation Targeting in Australia | Conference – 2018
12 Apr 2018
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The effectiveness of communication or transparency is sometimes measured by interest rate surprises. ... The change from underlying inflation in large part reflected the change in the measurement of the consumer price index to exclude mortgage interest
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2018/debelle.html
The Debate on Alternatives for Monetary Policy in Australia | Conference – 1997
21 Jul 1997
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Quantity setting can be contrasted, in principle, with rate setting, where short-term interest rates are adjusted to achieve a systematic influence on final objective variables – usually some combination of prices ... This condition is generally
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/edey.html
Monetary and Macroprudential Policies: The Case for a Separation of Powers | Conference – 2018
12 Apr 2018
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Domestic lending, the most sensitive to domestic interest rates, was not the main source of the problem. ... insolvency. Meanwhile, real short-term interest rates were generally lower than those in the United Kingdom (Figure 8).
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2018/broadbent.html
The Balance of Payments | Conference – 1990
21 Jun 1990
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The two crucial links in the short-term response – from lower interest rates to a lower exchange rate and from lower interest rates to increased expenditure – are both clear enough in ... Macfarlane and Tease (1989) find that policy reaction to
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1990/tease.html
The Objectives for, and Conduct of, Monetary Policy in the 1990s | Conference – 1992
21 Jun 1990
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In the long term, nominal interest rates will be determined by real (international) forces and the expected rate of inflation.). ... Such measures are bound to affect the interest rates that banks can pay on deposits, their relative competitiveness, and
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1992/goodhart.html
Recent Developments in Federal Reserve System Liquidity and Reserve Operations | Conference – 2008
14 Jul 2008
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For many years the operating objective has been a target for the federal funds rate, the overnight interest rate paid by commercial banks and other depository institutions operating in the United ... However, maintaining the overnight rate around a level
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2008/hilton.html
Capital Flows and Exchange Rates | Conference – 1999
9 Aug 1999
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Domestic interest rates were raised by less in those countries with less exchange rate flexibility. ... response to changes in foreign (US) interest rates than in those Latin countries with less exchange rate flexibility.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1999/grenville-gruen.html
The Australian Financial System in the 2000s: Dodging the Bullet | Conference – 2011
24 Jul 2000
Conferences
Second, more turnover occurs in the derivative markets than the physical markets, and the relative importance of the bond and interest rate derivatives market increased throughout the decade. ... and was seen by many as putting pressure on bank margins
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2011/davis.html