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International and Foreign Exchange Markets
10 May 2006
SMP
– May 2006
This has not yet resulted in any rise in official interest rates, which remain at zero. ... The policy interest rate changes announced by major central banks in recent months have not had much impact on exchange rates between the major currencies.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2006/may/intl-fx-mkts.html
International and Foreign Exchange Markets
10 Nov 2006
SMP
– November 2006
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) only commenced its tightening cycle in July this year when it raised official interest rates to 0.25 per cent; it has since kept its policy ... For similar reasons, official interest rates were lowered in Brazil for the 11.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2006/nov/intl-fx-mkts.html
International and Foreign Exchange Markets
10 Feb 2007
SMP
– February 2007
By the end of the year, the majority of central banks had official interest rates at or near normal levels. ... Thus far in 2007, only one developed country has changed official interest rates: the Bank of England tightened by 25 basis points in January,
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2007/feb/intl-fx-mkts.html
International and Foreign Exchange Markets
10 Aug 2006
SMP
– August 2006
The Bank of Japan (BoJ) increased official rates for the first time since 2000, raising the overnight rate by 25 basis points from zero per cent at its July meeting. ... The dollar appreciated against the yen, despite the decision by the Bank of Japan
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2006/aug/intl-fx-mkts.html
International and Foreign Exchange Markets
7 Feb 2006
SMP
– February 2006
Markets expect that this will occur in the next few months, but that the subsequent, and more important, step in the normalisation process – beginning to raise official interest rates – will not ... 8. Source: Bloomberg. The US market rose less than
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2006/feb/intl-fx-mkts.html
International and Foreign Exchange Markets
10 May 2007
SMP
– May 2007
These include the fact that inflation and interest rates remain low in Japan. ... Market expectations of a domestic interest rate increase have at times also supported the currency.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2007/may/intl-fx-mkts.html
Financial Conditions
6 Feb 2024
SMP
– February 2024
Financial Conditions | Statement on Monetary Policy – February 2024
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2024/feb/financial-conditions.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Feb 2006
Bulletin
– February 2006
Demand and inflation pressures have prompted increases in official interest rates across the region. ... 8. Source: Bloomberg. The US market rose less than most last year despite strong corporate earnings, possibly because of rising official interest
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2006/feb/1.html
Semi-Annual Statement on Monetary Policy
10 May 1997
Bulletin
– May 1997
Cuts in official interest rates in the second half of 1996 have been reinforced by a compression of intermediaries' interest margins on home mortgages, the result of intensified competitive pressures in ... Falls in mortgage interest rates detracted 0.5
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1997/may/1.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Feb 2001
Bulletin
– February 2001
The Bank of Canada cut official interest rates by 25 basis points to 5.5 per cent on 23 January and the Reserve Bank cut rates in Australia by 50 basis ... However, as with the US corporate market, the general risks surrounding emerging markets were seen
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2001/feb/1.html