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RBA Glossary definition for basis point
basis point – A basis point is 1/100th of 1 per cent or 0.01 per cent, so 100 basis points (bps) is equal to 1 percentage point. The term is used in money and securities markets to define differences in interest or yield. If an interest rate were to increase from 2 per cent to 3 per cent, it is said to have risen by 100 basis points (bps) or one percentage point.
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Housing in Australia in the 2000s: On the Agenda Too Late? | Conference – 2011
24 Jul 2000
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One point of agreement, however, is the need for certainty regarding these charges. ... Over time, the average income entry point for access to home ownership has increased.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2011/yates.html
Lessons from the Financial Turmoil of 2007 and 2008: Proceedings of a Conference
24 Oct 2008
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RBA Conference Volume 2008
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2008/pdf/conf-vol-2008.pdf
Promoting Liquidiity: Why and How?
23 Oct 2008
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RBA Conference Volume 2008
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2008/pdf/kearns-lowe.pdf
Reforming the International Financial Architecture: Limiting Moral Hazard and Containing Real Hazard
7 Dec 2006
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RBA Conference Volume 1999
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1999/pdf/mussa.pdf
Promoting Liquidity: Why and How? | Conference – 2008
14 Jul 2008
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expected return on these assets was 1 percentage point lower than the alternative. ... This type of portfolio shift would reduce the banking system's return on assets by 0.1 of a percentage point, and the return on equity by around 2 percentage points.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2008/kearns-lowe.html
The Role of Institutional Investors in the Evolution of Financial Structure and Behaviour | Conference – 1996
9 Jul 1996
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Firms may equally make investment and financing decisions on the basis of market prices. ... In order to develop this point, it is necessary to go into more detail concerning institutional investors, first assessing their characteristics and then reasons
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1996/davis.html
National Saving: Trends and Policy | Conference – 2000
24 Jul 2000
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Since the 1960s, the average ratio of general government investment to GDP has declined by around 2 percentage points. ... Some caution is required in interpreting these data, as they are not compiled on a mutually consistent basis.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2000/edey-gower.html
Monetary and Fiscal Institutional Arrangements: Have We Got Them Backwards?
29 Dec 2022
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RBA Annual Conference 2022
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2022/pdf/rba-conference-2022-leeper-presentation.pdf
A Snapshot of Inflation Targeting in its Adolescence | Conference – 2004
9 Aug 2004
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Thus, while self-declaration may be a good starting point, it is surely not definitive. ... No central bank has modified the form of its target: point targeters have remained point targeters, and range targeters have remained range targeters.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2004/kuttner.html
Discussion | Conference – 2018
12 Apr 2018
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be around 11 basis points for every 100 basis point change in the cash rate since 2007. ... And if, instead, the pass-through was offset by lending rates alone, then lending rates would be 16 basis points higher than full pass-through.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2018/brassil-cheshire-muscatello-disc.html