Search: Index of Commodity Prices
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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Relative Price Shocks, Inflation Expectations, and the Role of Monetary Policy | Conference – 2009
17 Aug 2009
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For example, during the depths of the Great Depression, in a landmark 1932 study of commodity prices covering two centuries of data, Warren and Pearson (1932) remarked: ‘Any price level that ... The vector X consists of the following variables. Oil and
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2009/siklos.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
Discussion | Conference – 2018
12 Apr 2018
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variables, (ii) for prices, and (iii) also for consumer price index (CPI) inflation. ... It could also add commodity price variables to the FAVAR, which is known to reduce the price puzzle.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2018/hartigan-morley-disc.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
Twenty-five Years of Inflation Targeting in Australia | Conference – 2018
12 Apr 2018
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Australia's terms of trade also fell sharply as commodity prices declined, further exacerbating the decline in export demand. ... The change from underlying inflation in large part reflected the change in the measurement of the consumer price index to
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2018/debelle.html
Twenty-five Years of Inflation Targeting in Australia: Are There Better Alternatives for the Next Twenty-five Years? | Conference – 2018
12 Apr 2018
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Other variations include pegging the commodity price index or other definitions of the inflation or price level targets. ... to commodity price fluctuations.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2018/mckibbin-panton.html
Terms of Trade Shocks and Fiscal Cycles | Conference – 2009
17 Aug 2009
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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
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
Contractions in Chinese Fertility and Savings: Long-run Domestic and Global Implications | Conference – 2016
18 Mar 2016
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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
Credibility, Flexibility and Renewal: The Evolution of Inflation Targeting in Canada | Conference – 2018
12 Apr 2018
Conferences
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