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RBA Glossary definition for inflation target
inflation target – A tool to guide monetary policy expressed as a preferred range or figure for the rate of increase in prices over a period. In Australia, the inflation target is between 2 and 3 per cent per annum on average over the course of the business cycle.
RBA Glossary definition for inflation
inflation – A measure of the change (increase) in the general level of prices.
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Introduction | Conference – 2018
12 Apr 2018
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readily understood specification of the inflation target; the recognition that the government shares the duty of achieving the target and should set non-monetary policies in a way that is coherent ... there was a possibility that the inflation-targeting
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2018/introduction.html
Can Central Bank Transparency Go Too Far? | Conference – 2004
9 Aug 2004
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The resulting depreciation then led to a substantial overshoot of the Brazilian inflation target. ... However, the end-of-year inflation target is agreed on by the government and the IMF.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2004/mishkin.html
Setting Monetary Policy in East Asia: Goals, Developments and Institutions | Conference – 2001
24 Jul 2001
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Why have some economies chosen explicitly to target inflation while others have not? ... of the government balance sheet (either intervention or debt management or both) to hit the inflation target.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2001/mccauley.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
Discussion | Conference – 2018
12 Apr 2018
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In the short run, good (inflation) target design can help minimise trade-offs. ... Does the inflation target, by virtue of its importance to the anchoring of inflation expectations, eventually take primacy over macroprudential considerations?
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2018/broadbent-disc.html
The Debate on Alternatives for Monetary Policy in Australia
7 Dec 2006
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RBA Conference Volume 1997
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/pdf/edey.pdf
General Discussion | Conference – 2018
12 Apr 2018
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Many participants noted that the public often doesn't know details about the inflation target or the current level of inflation. ... Participants also discussed the risks from changing the inflation target. One participant noted that many central banks
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2018/debelle-disc.html
Introduction | Conference – 2001
24 Jul 2001
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The central bank can explain its actions in terms of the inflation target, and can be assessed in these terms by the public and financial markets. ... Debelle argues that the inflation target must take precedence in such situations, in order to maintain
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2001/intro-2001.html
Discussion on Productivity: The Lost Decade | Conference – 2011
16 Aug 2011
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Growth in unit labour costs over this period has mostly been above a rate that is consistent with Australia's medium-term inflation target of 2–3 per cent (the exception ... To achieve nominal unit labour cost growth that is consistent with the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2011/eslake-disc.html
The Smoothing of Official Interest Rates
7 Dec 2006
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RBA Conference Volume 1997
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/pdf/lowe-ellis.pdf