Search: floating exchange rate
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.
Search Results
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 May 2002
Bulletin
– May 2002
Graph 21. A range of factors has helped the exchange rate to strengthen in recent months. ... See Box B for a more general discussion of equity flows and the exchange rate.).
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2002/may/1.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Feb 2002
Bulletin
– February 2002
The exchange rate has been relatively stable since early 2001 in trade-weighted terms. ... However, most foreign exchange transactions were undertaken at the floating rate, with the official rate abandoned in early February.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2002/feb/1.html
Bulletin March Quarter 2023
8 Jun 2023
Bulletin
- March 2023
PDF
7038KB
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2023/mar/pdf/bulletin-2023-03.pdf
Bulletin
29 Jan 2024
Bulletin
- January 2024
PDF
5775KB
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2024/jan/pdf/bulletin-2024-01.pdf
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Nov 2001
Bulletin
– November 2001
This and the share market's resilience have in general supported the exchange rate. ... oil prices, an increase in taxes on tobacco and the depreciation of the exchange rate.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2001/nov/1.html
Foreign Exchange Market Intervention
10 Dec 2011
Bulletin
– December 2011
The infrequency of foreign exchange market intervention by the RBA reflects the Bank's views of the benefits of a freely floating exchange rate: exchange rate adjustments play an important role ... to gain a better understanding of how it operated under
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2011/dec/7.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
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
Bulletin
17 Apr 2024
Bulletin
- April 2024
PDF
7253KB
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2024/apr/pdf/bulletin-2024-04.pdf