Search: financial markets
RBA Glossary definition for financial markets
financial markets – A generic term for the markets in which financial instruments are traded. Financial instruments have no intrinsic value of themselves. They represent a claim over real assets or a future income stream. The four main financial markets are the foreign exchange market, the fixed interest or bond market, the share or equity market and the derivatives market.
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Domestic Financial Markets and Conditions
10 Aug 2007
SMP
– August 2007
In the event, the announcement of an increase in the cash rate to 6.5 per cent had little impact on financial markets. ... This rise in yields was substantially reversed over the second half of July reflecting the large fall in global yields as
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2007/aug/dom-fin-mkts.html
Domestic Financial Markets
10 May 2011
SMP
– May 2011
Statement on Monetary Policy – May 2011 4. Domestic Financial Markets. The Reserve Bank has maintained the target for the overnight cash rate at 4.75 per cent since November last year ... Secondary market RMBS spreads have declined to a post financial
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2011/may/dom-fin-mkts.html
Domestic Financial Markets and Conditions
10 Nov 2006
SMP
– November 2006
From the time of the August tightening of monetary policy, financial markets generally held the view that it was more likely than not that official interest rates would be increased again. ... The subsequent announcement of an increase in the cash rate
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2006/nov/dom-fin-mkts.html
Domestic Financial Markets
10 Aug 2012
SMP
– August 2012
Statement on Monetary Policy – August 2012 4. Domestic Financial Markets. ... The US markets also tend to accept longer tenors than the domestic market.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2012/aug/dom-fin-mkts.html
Domestic Financial Markets
15 Feb 2017
SMP
– February 2017
Conditions in domestic financial markets have been relatively stable over recent months. ... The cash rate target has remained at 1.5 per cent since the August Board meeting and financial market prices do not imply a change over the period ahead.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2017/feb/domestic-financial-markets.html
Domestic Financial Markets
27 Nov 2017
SMP
– November 2017
Consistent with markets offshore, volatility in Australian financial markets remains low as do interest rates, while valuations of ‘riskier’ assets have increased further as investors search for yield. ... Financial market prices suggest that the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2017/nov/domestic-financial-markets.html
Domestic Financial Markets and Conditions
10 May 2007
SMP
– May 2007
Statement on Monetary Policy – May 2007 Domestic Financial Markets and Conditions. ... Growth in financials' and other companies' earnings are forecast to be broadly steady, averaging about 7–10 per cent per year, over the next three financial years
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2007/may/dom-fin-mkts.html
Domestic Financial Markets
10 Aug 2011
SMP
– August 2011
Currently, financial markets expect a reduction in the cash rate by the end of this year. ... the year and banks have not been adversely affected by the recent increase in volatility in financial markets (Graph 4.4).
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2011/aug/dom-fin-mkts.html
Domestic Financial Conditions
7 Aug 2020
SMP
– August 2020
businesses. Financial market functioning remains much improved from the period of upheaval in March. ... Meanwhile, yields on longer-term bonds have stabilised in a narrow range, alongside a reduction in volatility in overseas financial markets
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2020/aug/domestic-financial-conditions.html
Domestic Financial Markets
10 Aug 2017
SMP
– August 2017
Australian financial markets have been relatively stable over recent months. The cash rate target has remained at 1.5 per cent since last August. ... Financial market prices suggest that it is expected to be unchanged over the remainder of the year, with
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2017/aug/domestic-financial-markets.html