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RBA Glossary definition for inflation target
inflation target – A tool to guide monetary policy expressed as a preferred range or figure for the rate of increase in prices over a period. In Australia, the inflation target is between 2 and 3 per cent per annum on average over the course of the business cycle.
RBA Glossary definition for inflation
inflation – A measure of the change (increase) in the general level of prices.
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Bulletin March Quarter 2023
8 Jun 2023
Bulletin
- March 2023
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2023/mar/pdf/bulletin-2023-03.pdf
Monetary Policy in Economic Expansions
26 Feb 2001
Bulletin
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The centrepiece of thishas been the inflation target and theGovernment’s reaffirmation of theindependence of the Reserve Bank as outlinedin our Act. ... While the inflation target has played animportant part in maintaining low inflation,there is more
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1999/nov/pdf/bu-1199-3.pdf
Central Bank Independence: What Does It Mean?
22 Feb 2002
Bulletin
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The Bundesbank is directed simply to‘safeguard the currency’. The Reserve Bankof New Zealand has the very specific goal ofpursuing an inflation target between zero and2 per cent. ... Asecond is to give the bank an intermediate target– such as an
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1994/dec/pdf/bu-1294-1.pdf
Some Aspects of Monetary Policy
25 Feb 2002
Bulletin
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Myreading of the evidence is that Australiareduced inflation at least as effectively (in termsof the trade-off between inflation and lostoutput) as countries like New Zealand, whichhave an inflation target. ... An inflation target of the narrow ‘0 to 2
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1993/apr/pdf/bu-0493-1.pdf
The Conduct of Monetary Poilcy in Crisis and Recovery
17 Nov 2009
Bulletin
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Address by Mr Glenn Stevens, Governor, to The John Curtin Institute of Public Policy and the Financial Services Institute of Australasia Public Policy Breakfast Forum, Perth, 15 October 2009.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2009/nov/pdf/bu-1109-4.pdf
Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report 2019 - Governor’s Foreword
14 Oct 2019
RBA Annual Report
2019
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2019/pdf/governors-foreword.pdf
Inflation, Deflation and All That
17 Dec 2002
Bulletin
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If the target inflation rate is 21/2 per cent, thenwere inflation to fall to –1 per cent, that would be a serious miss of the target. ... 3. Inflation/Deflation – Two Scenarios. Time. Inflation. Target – actual and expectedinflation = 1 per cent.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2002/dec/pdf/bu-1202-3.pdf
A Proper Role for Monetary Policy
27 Feb 2002
Bulletin
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Whether an inflation target – such as acommitment to achieve a certain rate of. ... If simple rules and “targets” are out, whatare the alternatives? Would tough talk quickly changeexpectations?
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1990/dec/pdf/bu-1290-1.pdf
The Task for Monetary Policy
17 Jun 2003
Bulletin
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Some peoplehave interpreted an inflation target to meanthat monetary policy is only worried aboutinflation, and that it is therefore anti-growth.But this is not the case, as is demonstrated bythe ... faster. The design of our inflation target gives usthe
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1996/dec/pdf/bu-1296-4.pdf
Bulletin September Quarter 2021
22 Aug 2022
Bulletin
- September 2021
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2021/sep/pdf/bulletin-2021-09.pdf