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RBA Glossary definition for Index of Commodity Prices
Index of Commodity Prices – A Reserve Bank of Australia-compiled index which provides a measure of price movements in rural and non-rural (including base metals) commodities in Australian Dollars (AUD), Special Drawing Rights (SDR) and United States Dollars (USD).
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Discussion on Terms of Trade Shocks and Fiscal Cycles | Conference – 2009
17 Aug 2009
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Figure 3 compares the Canadian terms of trade to the Bank of Canada's commodity price index. ... Therefore, given the potential measurement errors with the terms of trade, using an index of commodity prices, as suggested earlier, may generate more
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2009/kaminsky-disc.html
Credibility, Flexibility and Renewal: The Evolution of Inflation Targeting in Canada | Conference – 2018
12 Apr 2018
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The first is the simple, readily understood and consistently applied specification of the inflation target, which, since adoption, has taken the form of a point target for annual consumer price index ... apart from discrete episodes associated with the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2018/carter-mendes-schembri.html
Panel Discussion: Assessing Structural Change in China and Its Consequences | Conference – 2016
18 Mar 2016
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There was also a discussion of the risk of a hard landing in China, and the effect that might have on currencies, commodity prices, assets and credit markets. ... Some economies depend on China as part of the supply chain for processing exports, while
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2016/panel-discussion.html
Wrap-up Discussion | Conference – 2009
17 Aug 2009
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Those who blame index speculators for recent swings in oil and commodity prices tell the following story. ... Clearly we do not want commodity prices to be distorted by index speculators.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2009/wrap-up-disc-2009.html
Three Australian Asset-price Bubbles | Conference – 2003
18 Aug 2003
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The FT Actuaries All-Share Index provides a picture of the price movements at this time (Figure 1). ... The index shows that overall stock prices rose almost four-fold in as many months.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2003/simon.html
The Exchange Rate, International Trade and the Balance of Payments: Proceedings of a Conference
12 Feb 2007
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RBA Conference Volume 1993
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1993/pdf/conf-vol-1993.pdf
Three Perspectives on an Australasian Monetary Union | Conference – 2001
24 Jul 2001
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would be exposed to considerable price risk when repayment were due if their loan was contracted in another commodity or currency. ... Yield curves are highly correlated if the cross-price demand or supply elasticities of the commodities are high.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2001/coleman.html
Terms of Trade Shocks and Fiscal Cycles | Conference – 2009
17 Aug 2009
Conferences
After several years of relatively stable commodity prices, volatility has returned, fuelling, as always, worries about its effects on overall economic stability around the world. ... Interestingly, inflation declines with increases in the terms of trade,
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2009/kaminsky.html
Twenty-five Years of Inflation Targeting in Australia
10 Feb 2020
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RBA Conference Volume 2018
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2018/pdf/rba-conference-volume-2018-debelle.pdf
Contractions in Chinese Fertility and Savings: Long-run Domestic and Global Implications | Conference – 2016
18 Mar 2016
Conferences
This is a price effect associated with the rising relative costs of labour, skill and capital, the factors on which services exclusively depend. ... The fact that services cannot easily be substituted with imports causes their product price to rise more
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2016/golley-tyers-zhou.html