Search: foreign-currency liquidity
RBA Glossary definition for foreign-currency liquidity
foreign-currency liquidity – The capacity to exchange foreign currency for domestic currency without significantly moving the exchange rate. The extent to which a foreign currency may be traded readily without causing a significant movement in price.
RBA Glossary definition for liquidity
liquidity – The capacity to sell an asset quickly without significantly affecting the price of that asset. Liquidity is also sometimes used to refer to assets that are highly liquid.
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Liquidity, Financial Crises and the Lender of Last Resort – How Much of a Departure is the Sub-prime Crisis? | Conference – 2008
14 Jul 2008
Conferences
To avoid monetary conflict, the central bank must sterilise liquidity – otherwise there is a risk of inflation, capital outflows and a collapsing currency (as occurred in Indonesia in 1997; He 2000). ... Generally to date, LOLR has been in domestic
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2008/davis.html
On the Economics of Committed Liquidity Facilities | Conference – 2013
19 Aug 2013
Conferences
These amounts fall well short of the liquidity needs of the banking system. ... The other options are using foreign currency HQLA to cover domestic currency liquidity needs and increasing the use of Level 2 assets with a higher haircut; see BCBS (2013).
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2013/bech-keister.html
Promoting Liquidity: Why and How? | Conference – 2008
14 Jul 2008
Conferences
In contrast, in foreign exchange markets a change in the economic environment and a sharp increase in uncertainty can result in very large movements in prices, but liquidity is not normally ... Indeed, it is notable that liquidity in foreign exchange
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2008/kearns-lowe.html
Central Bank Liquidity Provision and Core Funding Markets | Conference – 2013
19 Aug 2013
Conferences
Importantly, this increase in capital flows often took the form of cross-border lending by banks, much of it in foreign currency (McGuire and von Peter 2009). ... In many cases, funding was in foreign currency (European banks funding CDOs with short-term
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2013/johnson-santor.html
Prudential Supervision | Conference – 1991
21 Jun 1991
Conferences
Extended coverage of PAR to all liabilities (including foreign currency liabilities) invested in Australian dollar assets in Australia. ... PS 8#. 31 October 1985. Foreign Currency Operations of Australian Trading Banks.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1991/thompson.html
Policy Panel | Conference – 2013
19 Aug 2013
Conferences
In order to address the identified lack of CHF HQLA and the high share of collateral denominated in foreign currency, option 2 of the Alternative Liquidity Approaches (ALA) is the natural ... Securities denominated in foreign currency must satisfy
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2013/policy-panel-2013.html
Box A: The RBA's Foreign Exchange Swaps
10 Feb 2008
SMP
– February 2008
As the price is agreed for the term of the swap, the Bank is not exposed to any foreign currency risk. ... This preference for using swaps largely reflects the liquidity of the foreign exchange swap market: average daily turnover in Australia of foreign
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2008/feb/box-a.html
Domestic Financial Conditions
4 Aug 2023
SMP
– August 2023
Domestic Financial Conditions | Statement on Monetary Policy – August 2023
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2023/aug/domestic-financial-conditions.html
Domestic Financial Conditions
10 Feb 2023
SMP
– February 2023
This includes banks swapping foreign-currency denominated and fixed-rate liabilities into floating-rate exposures that reference BBSW. ... Businesses in goods-related industries are also making less use of revolving credit facilities as liquidity
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2023/feb/domestic-financial-conditions.html
Box B: US Dollar Swap Arrangements between Central Banks
10 Nov 2008
SMP
– November 2008
The recipient central bank then auctions the US dollars to its domestic counterparties, typically against local-currency-denominated collateral eligible in its usual domestic liquidity operations. ... As a result of these swaps, the balance sheet of the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2008/nov/box-b.html