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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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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.
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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.
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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).
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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
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Background | Central Clearing of OTC Derivatives in Australia June 2011 | Consultations
7 Jun 2011
Consultations
We ask the FSB [Financial Stability Board] and its relevant members to assess regularly implementation and whether it is sufficient to improve transparency in the derivatives markets, mitigate systemic risk, and ... Concerns over the lack of transparency
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/consultations/201106-otc-derivatives/background.html
What Happened?
1 May 1998
RDP
9805
The individual-country reserve figures may also miss co-ordinated intervention undertaken in support of currencies by (third party) monetary authorities or intervention that is funded through a country's fiscal ... The performance criteria on monetary
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/1998/1998-05/what-happened.html
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Conclusions
31 Dec 2005
RDP
2005-04
In the former, policy-makers would be aware that fiscal policy could be called upon, if necessary, to aid in stimulating the economy and forestalling any risk of deflation becoming entrenched. ... Notwithstanding these caveats, our framework has the twin
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Superannuation | Submission to the Financial System Inquiry – March 2014 | Financial Sector | Submissions
1 Mar 2014
Submissions
provides greater transparency about fund performance and fees. aims to encourage consolidation among superannuation funds. ... The unlisted nature of many infrastructure investments means that there tends to be a lack of transparency and accessibility
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/financial-system-inquiry-2014-03/superannuation.html
Sources and Management of Systemic Risk | Submission to the Financial System Inquiry – March 2014 | Financial Sector | Submissions
1 Mar 2014
Submissions
In certain circumstances, a lack of transparency and uncertainty surrounding parts of banks' balance sheets can be enough for some creditors to run on an entire banking system rather than simply
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/financial-system-inquiry-2014-03/sources-and-management-of-systemic-risk.html
The Regulatory Response to the Global Financial Crisis | Submission to the Financial System Inquiry – March 2014 | Financial Sector |…
1 Mar 2014
Submissions
A particular policy concern has been the lack of transparency of market activity and the scope for contagion arising from counterparty exposures between participants in OTC derivatives markets. ... In Asia, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore have used
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/financial-system-inquiry-2014-03/regulatory-response-to-the-global-financial-crisis.html