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RBA Glossary definition for Y2K
Y2K – Year 2000. The Year 2000 problem was the possibility that financial institutions' computer systems would fail on 1 January 2000 and spark a loss of public confidence in individual institutions or at worst, in the financial system as a whole. In the event, the arrival of Y2K was virtually incident-free.
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The Life of Australian Banknotes
28 Aug 2015
RDP
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Two examples include Y2K and the GFC where the public’s demand for banknotes increased substantially. ... On the other hand, Y2K did not have a statistically significant impact on the life span of $20 or $50 banknotes.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2015/pdf/rdp2015-10.pdf
Currency Demand during the Global Financial Crisis: Evidence from Australia
2 Feb 2015
RDP
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11. The first occasion was in preparation for the year-date change at the end of the millennium (that is, ‘Y2K’). ... 8 To some extent this experience echoes the build-up of cash in banks on the eve of Y2K, where banks built up a buffer of currency.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2013/pdf/rdp2013-01.pdf
RBA Annual Report - Glossary
28 Aug 2001
Annual Report
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RTGS Real-time gross settlement. SDRs Special drawing rights. Y2K Year 2000.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2001/pdf/glossary.pdf
RBA Annual Report 2000 - Financial System Stability
22 Feb 2001
Annual Report
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FINANCIAL SYSTEM STABILITY. Y2K. A first and unique test of Australia’s new. ... financial regulatory structure was the Y2K. problem. Although technical in its origins, this.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2000/pdf/fin-sys-stability.pdf
RBA Annual Report 2000 - Glossary
22 Feb 2001
Annual Report
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swift society for worldwide interbank financial telecommunication. y2k year 2000.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2000/pdf/glossary.pdf
RBA Annual Report - Glossary
27 Aug 2002
Annual Report
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SDRs Special drawing rights. Y2K Year 2000.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2002/pdf/glossary.pdf
10/4/2019 Lumps, Bumps and Waves | Speeches ...
4 Oct 2019
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You can see the computer and internetrevolutions in firms' spending on software investment, culminating in a peak around the dot-comboom and Y2K rectification work, which can be seen as bumps
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2019/pdf/sp-so-2019-10-04.pdf
A Snapshot of Inflation Targeting in its Adolescence
27 Nov 2006
Conferences
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RBA Conference Volume 2004
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2004/pdf/kuttner.pdf
RBA Annual Report 2000 - Note Printing Australia
22 Feb 2001
Annual Report
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produced an unusually high rate of return. Because of a build-up of notes for Y2K, which. ... additional contingency order for Y2K purposes. - with the remaining 70 per cent to meet export.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2000/pdf/note-printing.pdf
Liquidity, Financial Crises and the Lender of Last Resort – How Much of a Departure is the Sub-prime Crisis?
22 Oct 2008
Conferences
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RBA Conference Volume 2008
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2008/pdf/davis.pdf