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RBA Glossary definition for Exchange Settlement Account balances

Exchange Settlement Account balances – The sum of balances held in Exchange Settlement Accounts with the Reserve Bank.

RBA Glossary definition for settlement

settlement – The discharge of obligations arising from fund transfers between two or more parties.

RBA Glossary definition for Exchange Settlement Account

Exchange Settlement Account – An account held at the Reserve Bank of Australia by financial institutions to settle financial obligations arising from the clearing of payments.

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Australian Money Market Divergence: Arbitrage Opportunity or Illusion?

12 Sep 2019 RDP PDF 1464KB
However, banks have broader balance. sheet considerations that need to be taken into account. ... increased demand to hedge US dollar exposures, changes which have reduced balance sheet.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2019/pdf/rdp2019-09.pdf

The Implementation of Monetary Policy in Australia

1 Dec 2009 RDP PDF 190KB
These settlement balances are held in banks’Exchange Settlement Accounts at the Reserve Bank, and do not count towardsreserves held for the purpose of meeting reserve ratios.2 Interest is paid ... Exchange Settlement Accounts must be in credit at all
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/1997/pdf/rdp9703.pdf

Supplementary Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology

9 Feb 2021 Submissions PDF 565KB
The scope of this project was fairly narrow as it only simulated the issuance of CBDC to commercial banks in exchange for the balances that commercial banks hold in their exchange ... settlement accounts (ESAs) at the Reserve Bank.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/payments-system/pdf/supplementary-submission-technology-12-2020.pdf

Explaining Monetary Spillovers: The Matrix Reloaded

1 Apr 2019 RDP 2019-03
Jonathan Kearns, Andreas Schrimpf and Fan Dora Xia
In effect, the country pegging its exchange rate virtually ‘outsources’ its monetary policy to the larger economy. ... Alternatively, they may intervene in the FX market to smooth the bilateral exchange rate.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2019/2019-03/full.html

Trends in the Funding and Lending Behaviour of Australian Banks

2 Feb 2015 RDP PDF 1090KB
It also allows banks to react more quickly to unexpected increases in loan demand on the asset side of their balance sheets. ... 2.2), and the increase in liquid assets as a share of banks’ balance sheets, have also contributed.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2013/pdf/rdp2013-15.pdf

Submission to the Financial System Inquiry March 2014

10 Nov 2017 Submissions PDF 3041KB
Financial System Inquiry
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/financial-sector/financial-system-inquiry-2014-03/pdf/financial-system-inquiry-2014-03.pdf

Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology

9 Jan 2020 Submissions PDF 797KB
promoting competition in that market. Reserve Bank’s Exchange Settlement Account Policy. ... Exchange Settlement Accounts (ESAs) are settlement accounts held at the Reserve Bank.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/submissions/payments-system/financial-and-regulatory-technology/pdf/financial-and-regulatory-technology.pdf

Monetary Transmission in a Deregulated Financial System

19 Nov 2012 RDP PDF 825KB
function of the bank's net transactions account balances plus aggregate credit. ... 10 Such perfectly liquid reserves would be the equivalent of "exchange settlement funds" in Australia which are largely held as loans to dealers.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/1988/pdf/rdp8811.pdf

Explaining Monetary Spillovers: The Matrix Reloaded

8 Apr 2019 RDP PDF 1861KB
There is some indication that. exchange rate regimes influence the extent of spillovers. ... market/GDP. 11 They find smaller spillovers for stock prices and exchange rates.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2019/pdf/rdp2019-03.pdf

Cost-benefit Analysis of Leaning against the Wind

1 Jul 2019 RDP 2019-05
Trent Saunders and Peter Tulip
The RBA (2016a) and Lowe (2017a, 2017b) have justified higher interest rates on the grounds that they reduce the fragility of household balance sheets. ... Ramirez 2009) or under fixed exchange rates, and does not seem applicable to current institutional
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2019/2019-05/full.html