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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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Internationalisation and the Macroeconomy
12 Feb 2007
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RBA Conference Volume 1994
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1994/pdf/gruen-shuetrim.pdf
Financial Stability in a Low Interest Rate Environment: An Australian Case Study | Conference – 2017
16 Mar 2017
Conferences
Australia has a freely floating exchange rate regime and does not use monetary policy or other tools to target the level of the exchange rate. ... Having your own monetary policy (and by implication, a freely floating exchange rate) makes this feasible.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2017/ellis-littrell.html
Regulatory Developments
9 Oct 2020
FSR
– October 2020
As well as covering LIBOR, the protocol covers the Australian credit-based benchmark, the bank bill swap rate (BBSW). ... Accordingly, once the ISDA IBOR Fallback Protocol is published, the Bank will be requiring newly issued floating rate notes that
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2020/oct/regulatory-developments.html
A Perspective | Conference – 1993
12 Jul 1993
Conferences
Short run. Medium-run adjusted exchange rate. Short-run foreign and domestic interest rates. ... topic. Quantitative research into the determination of trade flows revived in the 1980s as data sets from floating exchange rate regimes became of reasonable
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1993/pagan.html
Monetary and Macroprudential Policies: The Case for a Separation of Powers | Conference – 2018
12 Apr 2018
Conferences
explain why I think interaction with monetary policy, and therefore the gains from formal coordination of the two, are often overstated, particularly in more open economies with floating exchange rates. ... In that case, an easing in policy works mainly
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2018/broadbent.html
Financial Intermediaries
10 Mar 2006
FSR
– March 2006
The average interest rate on these accounts is 5.45 per cent, though some banks offer rates at, or above, the current cash rate of 5 per cent. ... While this refinancing risk was a significant problem for some Asian countries in the mid-1990s crisis,
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2006/mar/fin-intermed.html
Future Directions for Monetary Policies in East Asia
10 Oct 2001
Bulletin
– October 2001
According to this view, the choice is between a hard fix (monetary union, currency board or dollarisation) and a freely floating exchange rate. ... But where that model, in its canonical form at least, assumes that a floating exchange rate will address
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2001/oct/1.html
Internationalisation and the Macroeconomy | Conference – 1994
11 Jul 1994
Conferences
Second, the flexibility of a floating exchange rate translates into increased flexibility of domestic prices in sectors that compete on world markets. ... Thus the question remains: with a floating exchange rate, what is the impact of terms of trade
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1994/gruen-shuetrim.html
Foreign Exchange Exposures of Australian Banks
10 Aug 2000
Bulletin
– August 2000
This measure encompasses exposures to exchange rate movements, as well as banks' exposures to movements in interest rates, and equity and commodity prices. ... Suppose an Australian institution issues floating rate US$ debt into the offshore market.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2000/aug/2.html
Trends in Global Foreign Currency Reserves
15 Sep 2017
Bulletin
– September 2017
Over the decade to 2014, global foreign currency reserves doubled relative to GDP, though balances have declined a little since then. Accompanying this growth has been a shift in the composition of reserves towards higher-yielding assets, including
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2017/sep/9.html