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RBA Glossary definition for interest rate
interest rate – The term used to describe the cost of borrowing money or the return to the owner of the funds which are invested or lent out. It is usually expressed as a percent per annum of the amount of money borrowed, lent or invested.
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News and Interest Rate Expectations: A Study of Six Central Banks | Conference – 2004
9 Aug 2004
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The efficient market hypothesis suggests that interest rate futures incorporate all relevant information about future interest rates that is available at any point in time. ... We measure these using changes in daily implied interest rates from 90-day
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2004/connolly-kohler.html
Discussion of Inflation and Interest Rates
20 Dec 2023
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RBA Annual Conference 2023
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2023/pdf/rba-conference-2023-cochrane-discussion.pdf
Expectations and the Neutrality of Interest Rates
27 Nov 2023
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RBA Annual Conference 2023
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2023/pdf/rba-conference-2023-cochrane.pdf
Discussion on The Smoothing of Official Interest Rates | Conference – 1997
21 Jul 1997
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rate, making policy reactions relatively unresponsive – and hence interest rates relatively smooth – in the short run. ... Does smoothing of official interest rates mean that the exchange rate is more variable?
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/lindsey-disc.html
Financial-asset Prices and Monetary Policy: Theory and Evidence | Conference – 1997
21 Jul 1997
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Indeed, simulations with macroeconometric models suggest that exchange-rate changes have more immediate effects on real economic activity than changes in interest rates (Smets 1995). ... appreciation by raising interest rates as the exchange rate signals
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/smets.html
The Consequences of Low Interest Rates for the Australian Banking Sector
29 Dec 2022
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RBA Annual Conference 2022
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2022/pdf/rba-conference-2022-brassil.pdf
Discussion of The Economics of Low Interest Rates
29 Dec 2022
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RBA Annual Conference 2022
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2022/pdf/rba-conference-2022-mian-discussion.pdf
The Relationship Between Financial Indicators and Economic Activity: 1968–1987 | Conference – 1989
31 Dec 1968
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Clearly, for most of the period, these rates move together. Accordingly, only one interest rate variable is used – the yield on 90-day bank-accepted bills (henceforth “the bill rate”). ... Data for real interest rates are calculated by deducting
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1989/bullock-morris-stevens.html
The Economics of Low Interest Rates
29 Dec 2022
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RBA Annual Conference 2022
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2022/pdf/rba-conference-2022-mian-presentation.pdf
The Welfare Effects of Alternative Choices of Instruments and Targets for Macroeconomic Stabilisation Policy | Conference – 1997
21 Jul 1997
Conferences
A policy that stabilises some measure of the inflation rate but destabilises real interest rates must reduce welfare. ... The difficulty of determining the equilibrium real interest rate is exacerbated by the difficulty of forecasting future inflation
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/quiggin.html