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RBA Glossary definition for inflation target
inflation target – A tool to guide monetary policy expressed as a preferred range or figure for the rate of increase in prices over a period. In Australia, the inflation target is between 2 and 3 per cent per annum on average over the course of the business cycle.
RBA Glossary definition for inflation
inflation – A measure of the change (increase) in the general level of prices.
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Discussion on Inflation Measurement for Central Bankers | Conference – 2004
9 Aug 2004
Conferences
This type of change would, therefore, require a transition that brings actual inflation according to the new measure into line with an unchanged inflation target. ... Also, the inflation target must obviously be set high enough to account for the bias.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2004/hill-disc.html
Price Targets or Nominal Income Targets?
1 Jul 1989
RDP
8905
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/1989/8905/price-targets-or-nominal-income-targets.html
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The Debate on Alternatives for Monetary Policy in Australia | Conference – 1997
21 Jul 1997
Conferences
This issue applies to any targeting regime, but is most frequently raised with respect to inflation targets, where the distinction is between an inflation-rate and a price-level target. ... Exchange-rate pegging. Monetary target. Inflation target. No
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/edey.html
Credit Spreads, Monetary Policy and the Price Puzzle
1 Jan 2020
RDP
2020-01
If the Board changes the cash rate for reasons other than achieving its inflation target, these changes can be used as instruments for policy shocks with regard to inflation. ... Since money and credit market conditions provide additional information
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The Model
1 Sep 2000
RDP
2000-06
The inflation target embedded in the monetary-policy rule acts as the nominal anchor and brings about nominal equilibrium in the model. ... Repeating this experiment with a monetary-policy rule that responds to the deviation of non-tradeable (rather than
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Inflation in Australia: Measurement and Modelling | Conference – 2004
9 Aug 2004
Conferences
For this reason, the RBA initially phrased its inflation target in terms of the Treasury underlying series of inflation. ... The RBA restated its inflation target in terms of CPI inflation, and publication of the Treasury underlying series was ceased
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2004/heath-roberts-bulman.html
Introduction | Conference – 2004
9 Aug 2004
Conferences
In other words, what matters more is the existence of an inflation target. ... Without an instrument to ensure the target is attained, any announcement of an inflation target would therefore lack credibility.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2004/intro-2004.html
A Perspective | Conference – 1992
10 Jul 1992
Conferences
On the other hand, money aggregates continue to be relevant indicators, along with others, if a price inflation target is accepted, though such indicators have to be carefully interpreted. ... without any nominal wages having to fall, and without
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1992/corden.html
Discussion on Inflation Targeting and Japan: Why has the Bank of Japan not Adopted Inflation Targeting? | Conference – 2004
9 Aug 2004
Conferences
Baltensperger, Fischer and Jordan (2002) have argued that central banks that enjoy a measure of goal independence may refrain from binding themselves with an inflation target. ... Reference. Baltensperger E, AM Fischer and TJ Jordan (2002), ‘Abstaining
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2004/ito-disc.html
Relative Price Shocks, Inflation Expectations, and the Role of Monetary Policy | Conference – 2009
17 Aug 2009
Conferences
five of which explicitly target inflation, and ask: to what extent are disagreements over forecasts of inflation driven by movements in relative prices? ... The shaded areas highlight, where relevant, the period before inflation targets were introduced.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2009/siklos.html