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RBA Glossary definition for floating exchange rate
floating exchange rate – Exchange rates determined by market forces based on the demand for and supply of a currency.
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Commodity Prices and Macroeconomic Policy: An Australian Perspective
10 Jul 2008
Bulletin
– July 2008
Obviously, monetary policy has to consider its response. One of the things that can help is an appreciation in the nominal exchange rate. ... Australia has a floating exchange rate, so for us, as for Canada, a key question in adjusting to commodity price
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2008/jul/2.html
Recent Developments in the Semi-government Bond Market
29 Jan 2024
Bulletin
- January 2024
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2024/jan/pdf/recent-developments-in-the-semi-government-bond-market.pdf
Operations in Financial Markets
9 Aug 2023
RBA Annual Report
- 2022
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764KB
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2022/pdf/operations-in-financial-markets.pdf
Bulletin December Quarter 2022
8 Dec 2022
Bulletin
- December 2022
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https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2022/dec/pdf/bulletin-2022-12.pdf
The Central Bank's First Economist
9 Dec 2021
Bulletin
– December 2021
In 1930, when officials from the Bank of England came to Australia to assist Australian governments with their budgetary problems, they found that the original Commonwealth Bank, then Australia’s central bank, did not have an economist on its
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2021/dec/the-central-banks-first-economist.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Aug 2005
Bulletin
– August 2005
Statement on Monetary Policy-August 2005
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2005/aug/1.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Aug 2003
Bulletin
– August 2003
China to free up its exchange rate, with the implication that it should appreciate. ... Graph C3. Another gauge of the anticipated direction of a change in the value of renminbi is the NDF rates relative to the spot exchange rate.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2003/aug/1.html
Note 16 | Financial Statements
4 Sep 2008
RBA Annual Report
– 2008
Foreign exchange risk is the risk that the fair value or cash flows of foreign currency assets and liabilities will fluctuate because of movements in exchange rates. ... An appreciation in the exchange rate results in valuation losses, while a
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2008/fin-statements/note-16.html
RBA Annual Report 2000 - Operations in Financial Markets
22 Feb 2001
Annual Report
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Foreign Exchange Intervention. Australia has had a floating exchange rate. regime since 1983, with the Australian dollar. ... interest rates tend to be lower on floating-rate. instruments than on longer-term fixed-rate.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2000/pdf/oper-fin-mkts.pdf
Annual Performance Statement for 2017/18
20 Sep 2018
RBA Annual Report
– 2018
Because Australia is a small open economy with a floating exchange rate, shifts in global monetary conditions can affect financial conditions in Australia. ... During 2017/18, the portfolio was managed so that any deviations around the benchmarks for
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2018/annual-performance-statement.html