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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The Australian Financial System
10 Sep 2013
FSR
– September 2013
The depreciation of the Australian dollar against the US dollar this year should slightly reduce the need for banks to use global funding markets, as less foreign currency issuance is required ... A further factor boosting the banks' liquid assets
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2013/sep/aus-fin-sys.html
Financial Intermediaries
10 Mar 2005
FSR
– March 2005
Returns were held down by the lower profits of the National Australia Bank, following problems with its foreign currency options trading and other writedowns. ... One positive consequence of these longer-term borrowings is that they reduce the likelihood
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2005/mar/fin-intermed.html
The Model
1 Dec 1989
RDP
8909
Equation (7) specifies the demand for money, with τ reflecting shocks to liquidity preference. ... Equations (8), (9) and (10) specify that innovations to the nominal exchange rate (the domestic price of foreign currency), real government expenditure
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/1989/8909/model.html
The Australian Financial System
20 Oct 2015
FSR
– October 2015
Depreciation of the Australian dollar also tends to add to banks' liquidity because they then receive collateral inflows from counterparties to their derivative transactions for hedging foreign-currency-denominated debt. ... Banks' HQLA was split roughly
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2015/oct/aus-fin-sys.html
Financial Intermediaries
10 Sep 2006
FSR
– September 2006
Over 90 per cent of offshore debt securities have been issued in foreign currencies, with the US dollar the largest individual currency of denomination. ... The preponderance of foreign-currency denominated debt has not, however, exposed the banking
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2006/sep/fin-intermed.html
The Australian Financial System
10 Mar 2015
FSR
– March 2015
Banks have retained good access to a range of foreign currency bond markets, even though the cost of swapping some foreign currencies back into Australian dollars has increased a little. ... 19). While the recent depreciation of the Australian dollar
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2015/mar/aus-fin-sys.html
The Australian Financial System
10 Mar 2011
FSR
– March 2011
the Australian dollar has reduced the local-currency value of foreign-currency loans. ... Banks continue to improve their liquidity position in the wake of the crisis.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2011/mar/aus-fin-sys.html
Overview
20 Oct 2016
FSR
– October 2016
Some other emerging market economies, especially commodity exporters and those with high levels of foreign currency-denominated corporate debt, face a varying mix of low commodity prices, lower exchange rates, slower ... sector. Profits have therefore
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2016/oct/overview.html
Overview
10 Sep 2013
FSR
– September 2013
The reversal of some previous capital inflows, and exchange rate depreciations, have focused attention on the potential for losses from foreign currency borrowing and lending, especially in fast-growing financial sectors ... The planned introduction of
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2013/sep/overview.html
Box A: Funding Composition of Banks in Australia
10 Sep 2012
FSR
– September 2012
The foreign currency share of banks' liabilities has fallen by about 3 percentage points over the past two years. ... For more information, see RBA (2010), ‘Box B: Foreign Currency Exposure and Hedging Practices of Australian Banks’,.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2012/sep/box-a.html