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RBA – Reserve Bank of Australia. Australia's central bank, the body corporate successor to the Commonwealth Bank established in 1912; created under its new name by the Reserve Bank Act 1959.
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Developments in Banks' Funding Costs and Lending Rates
20 Mar 2014
Bulletin
– March 2014
This article updates previous Reserve Bank research on how developments in the composition and pricing of banks' funding have affected their overall cost of funding and the setting of lending rates (Deans and Stewart 2012; Robertson and Rush 2013).
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2014/mar/8.html
Supply-side Issues in the Housing Sector
10 Sep 2012
Bulletin
– September 2012
Sources: Productivity Commission (2011); RBA; Urbis (2011). In addition to infrastructure charges, there can be a range of other government charges on housing development that vary by state. ... Sources: RBA; Urbis (2011). Overall, aggregating these
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2012/sep/2.html
Costs and Margins in the Retail Supply Chain
10 Jun 2012
Bulletin
– June 2012
32. 48. Sources: ABS; RBA. An alternative way to split distributors' gross margins is into the various types of inputs used. ... 2004/05. 14. 24. 9. 47. 2007/08. 17. 23. 8. 48. Sources: ABS; RBA.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2012/jun/2.html
Internationalising the Renminbi
10 Jun 2012
Bulletin
– June 2012
In March this year, the RBA and the PBC signed a swap agreement that allows for the exchange of up to A$30 billion or CNY200 billion. ... At the end of the agreement, the importer's bank would need to obtain RMB in order to repay the RBA.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2012/jun/9.html
Recent Trends in Australian Banks' Bond Issuance
10 Mar 2010
Bulletin
– March 2010
Bulletin. , June, pp 1–13. RBA (2006), ‘Australian Banks' Global Bond Funding’, RBA. ... September. Schwartz C (2010), ‘The Australian Government Guarantee Scheme’, RBA. Bulletin. , March, pp 19–26.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2010/mar/5.html
The Impact of the Capital Market Turbulence on Banks' Funding Costs
10 Jun 2009
Bulletin
– June 2009
Sources:APRA; RBA. In the remainder of this article we focus on the major banks, largely because there is more public information about these banks' assets and liabilities. ... See Becker C, G Debelle and D Fabbro (2005), ‘Australia's Foreign Currency
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2009/jun/1.html
Sources of Financial Risk for Central Counterparties
15 Sep 2016
Bulletin
– September 2016
Central counterparties (CCPs) play an important role in managing the risks present in financial markets and in increasing the overall stability of the financial system. This requires CCPs to be sufficiently financially resilient so that they can
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2016/sep/9.html
Recent Changes to the Reserve Bank's Liquidity Operations
9 Dec 2021
Bulletin
– December 2021
The Reserve Bank’s policy measures to support the economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic have significantly increased liquidity in the banking system.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2021/dec/recent-changes-to-the-reserve-banks-liquidity-operations.html
Why Has Retail Inflation Been So Low?
16 Jun 2016
Bulletin
– June 2016
Inflation in the price of retail goods has been surprisingly low for a number of years. The considerable depreciation of the Australian dollar over this period by itself would typically have led to higher retail inflation. This article considers
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2016/jun/2.html
China's Demographic Outlook
16 Jun 2016
Bulletin
– June 2016
The significant increase in the working-age portion of China's population over recent decades was an important contributor to China's rapid economic growth. In coming decades, however, China's working-age population is expected to contract and the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2016/jun/5.html