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RBA Glossary definition for financial markets
financial markets – A generic term for the markets in which financial instruments are traded. Financial instruments have no intrinsic value of themselves. They represent a claim over real assets or a future income stream. The four main financial markets are the foreign exchange market, the fixed interest or bond market, the share or equity market and the derivatives market.
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The Australian Financial System
9 Oct 2020
FSR
– October 2020
Listed companies have raised around $40 billion of equity since April. The amount raised constitutes the most rapid accumulation of capital from the Australian stock market since the global financial crisis. ... The pace of bond issuance in the domestic
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2020/oct/australian-financial-system.html
The Global and Macro-financial Environment
6 Oct 2023
FSR
– October 2023
The Global and Macro-financial Environment | Financial Stability Review – October 2023
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2023/oct/global-financial-environment.html
The Economy and Financial Markets
10 Aug 1999
Bulletin
– August 1999
These developments have been assisted by much more settled conditions in international financial markets. ... Australian financial markets have seen similar trends. There has been some rise in market interest rates on both short-term and long-term
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1999/aug/1.html
Regulating the New Financial Markets | Conference – 1996
9 Jul 1996
Conferences
3. The New Market Environment. Within the past two decades international financial markets have been transformed by three key developments: globalisation of the financial services industry; functional integration of banking and ... Second, the functional
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1996/dale.html
Box B: Financial Market Volatility
10 Feb 2013
SMP
– February 2013
Volatility in global financial markets declined markedly over the second half of 2012, to around levels not seen on a consistent basis since before the financial crisis. ... Another feature of financial markets in the second half of 2012 was that trading
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2013/feb/box-b.html
Domestic Financial Markets
10 Feb 2011
SMP
– February 2011
Statement on Monetary Policy – February 2011 4. Domestic Financial Markets. The Reserve Bank Board has maintained its target for the overnight cash rate at 4.75 per cent since November ... Despite the solid improvement in global equity markets over
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2011/feb/dom-fin-mkts.html
Operations in Financial Markets
21 Oct 2021
RBA Annual Report
– 2021
The Reserve Bank operates in domestic and international financial markets to achieve its policy objectives. ... Historically, this has principally involved the Reserve Bank transacting in domestic financial markets in its open market operations (OMO) to
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2021/operations-in-financial-markets.html
Domestic Financial Markets
10 Aug 2013
SMP
– August 2013
Statement on Monetary Policy – August 2013 4. Domestic Financial Markets. The Reserve Bank Board reduced the target for the cash rate from 2.75 per cent to 2.50 per cent ... Prior to this, the pricing of money market instruments had pointed to some
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2013/aug/dom-fin-mkts.html
At a Glance: Financial Stability Review – April 2022
8 Apr 2022
FSR
Financial markets expect interest rates to increase further – but rates may need to increase by more than currently expected by financial markets to contain inflationary pressures in some countries. ... Volatility in asset prices can also be disruptive
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2022/apr/
Financial Markets and the Economy in the March Quarter
10 Apr 1993
Bulletin
– April 1993
The improved tone of financial markets during February and March lifted the main constraint on earlier action and cash rates were reduced by 0.5 percentage point, to around 5.25 ... Graph 14. Financial markets were unsettled in January as the exchange
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1993/apr/3.html