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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Setting Monetary Policy in East Asia: Goals, Developments and Institutions | Conference – 2001
24 Jul 2001
Conferences
In particular, asset price inflation and associated excessive credit growth can occur against the backdrop of stable prices. ... In view of labour market tightening and higher world commodity prices the ‘MAS is, therefore, prepared to allow a gradual
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2001/mccauley.html
A Stormy Day on an Open Field: Asymmetry and Convergence in the Global Economy | Conference – 2002
27 May 2002
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All the developing countries were in fact highly commodity-dependent, with the average share of primary commodities in total exports for the least and most commodity-dependent groups at 62 and ... But it does appear to be true for our ‘most’ commodity
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2002/birdsall.html
Declining Output Volatility: What Role for Structural Change? | Conference – 2005
11 Jul 2005
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competition. This index covers regulations related to barriers to entry (including legal and administrative barriers to entrepreneurship), public ownership, market structure, vertical integration and price controls (for more details see Appendix
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2005/kent-smith-holloway.html
The Balance of Payments | Conference – 1990
21 Jun 1990
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and a large increase in non-rural commodity exports. Thus, an expansion in export volumes relative to GDP has helped to offset the relative decline of export prices. ... So the required change in the tradable/non-tradable price relativity came about
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1990/tease.html
The Case for Inflation Targeting in East Asian Countries | Conference – 2001
24 Jul 2001
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because in the past, price indexes had been manipulated for political purposes (Bogdanski, Tombini and Werlang 2000). ... In addition, the index that was chosen for the inflation target, the IPCA, was selected from amongst the wide range of consumer
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2001/debelle.html
The Cost of Inflation in Australia | Conference – 1992
10 Jul 1992
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If, for example, the average price of necessities rose faster than the aggregate price index, it would disadvantage those groups who consume a proportionately larger fraction of necessities in the consumption ... 1990). Further evidence is provided by
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1992/mctaggart.html
Experiences with Current Account Deficits Among Asian Economies: Lessons for Australia? | Conference – 1994
11 Jul 1994
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The rise in oil (and other commodity) prices in the 1970s fuelled development efforts and rapid economic growth. ... Indonesia was hit by major external shocks during the 1980s. Oil and other commodity prices dropped in 1982, and then more sharply in 1986
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1994/collins.html
Inflation: Performance and Policy | Conference – 1990
21 Jun 1990
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Table 2 shows the means and standard errors of the major components of the Consumer Price Index over the two decades of the seventies and eighties. ... when exchange-rate-induced fluctuations in the domestic prices of exports were being neutralised by
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1990/carmichael.html
Business Cycle Dynamics in OECD Countries: Evidence, Causes and Policy Implications | Conference – 2005
11 Jul 2005
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Some economies are more susceptible to shocks than others. For instance, economies that are well endowed with commodities, such as Australia, tend to experience greater variation in prices than economies specialised ... 0.4. (a) Inflation is measured as
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2005/cotis-coppel.html
Is Our Current International Economic Environment Unusually Crisis Prone? | Conference – 1999
9 Aug 1999
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York. (Bordo, Edelstein and Rockoff 1999). It ended at the end of the decade with the collapse of commodity prices and the Great Depression. ... This fragile system came under early strain from changes in the pattern of international settlements,
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1999/bordo-eichengreen.html