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Index of Commodity Prices – A Reserve Bank of Australia-compiled index which provides a measure of price movements in rural and non-rural (including base metals) commodities in Australian Dollars (AUD), Special Drawing Rights (SDR) and United States Dollars (USD).
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Appendix 1: Data
1 Dec 1994
RDP
9407
Bulletin. The world price series is represented by an index of the foreign currency prices of exports of consumption goods from 17 of Australia's major trading partners. ... The weights used are identical to those used in the construction of the world
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Appendix A: Data Descriptions and Sources
16 May 2008
RDP
2008-01
Real commodity prices: The Economist index of commodity prices in US dollars (Datastream code: ECALLI$). ... US inflation: Quarterly inflation of the chain price index for personal consumption (Datastream code: USCE…E).
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Methodology
1 Sep 1991
RDP
9108
The RBA Commodity Price Index includes 19 commodities and covers about sixty per cent of Australia's commodity exports, which is around forty per cent of Australia's total exports of ... the IPD for exports of goods and services and the RBA Commodity
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1 Aug 1990
RDP
9005
The depreciation in the index to September 1986 was largely driven by nominal exchange rate depreciation, despite an eleven percent increase in relative price levels. ... Period. RER Index. Relative Prices. Exchange Rates. Mar Q 84 to Sep Q 86.
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The Model – Main Features
9 Dec 2008
RDP
2008-07
where:. is the change in the log of the price index of good type s;. ... The commodity producer is a perfectly competitive price-taker; the price and demand for commodities are determined completely exogenously in the foreign market.
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Is the Phillips Curve Still a Curve? Evidence from the Regions
31 Aug 2021
RDP
2021-09
Figure 2: Distribution of Job-level Wage Growth. Histogram, 2000:Q3–2018:Q3. Sources: ABS (job-level wage price index microdata); Authors' calculations. ... a) Trimmed mean consumer price index inflation; estimated over 1993:Q2–2019:Q4. (b) Private
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Measuring Economic Uncertainty and Its Effects
1 Feb 2016
RDP
2016-01
In late 2014, the outlook for China became more uncertain, which was associated with falling commodity prices. ... This fact is reassuring because it suggests the index is indeed capturing uncertainty.
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Estimates of the IAPM
1 Sep 1991
RDP
9107
For example, Macfarlane and Tease (1989) also find evidence that the Australian dollar is affected by commodity prices. ... They find that the response to commodity prices is greatest when the Australian dollar is measured against the Deutschemark.
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Introduction
1 Sep 1987
RDP
8711
In particular, a small economy with significant trade in commodities may be subject to sustained changes in its terms of trade consequent upon shifts in commodity prices. ... In the fifth section some dynamics of commodity price influences on
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The 1930s and the 1980s: Data Sources
1 Sep 1983
RDP
8303
For the 1980's, sources are. Consumer Price Index. and. Average Weekly Earnings. , ... Commodity Price Indices. GDP Deflator. Linked C-series. Average weekly earnings. Export price deflator.
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