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RBA Glossary definition for interest rate
interest rate – The term used to describe the cost of borrowing money or the return to the owner of the funds which are invested or lent out. It is usually expressed as a percent per annum of the amount of money borrowed, lent or invested.
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The Welfare Effects of Alternative Choices of Instruments and Targets for Macroeconomic Stabilisation Policy | Conference – 1997
21 Jul 1997
Conferences
A policy that stabilises some measure of the inflation rate but destabilises real interest rates must reduce welfare. ... The difficulty of determining the equilibrium real interest rate is exacerbated by the difficulty of forecasting future inflation
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/quiggin.html
Discussion of The Economics of Low Interest Rates
29 Dec 2022
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RBA Annual Conference 2022
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2022/pdf/rba-conference-2022-mian-discussion.pdf
4.1 Focus Topic: Scenario Analysis of the Resilience of Mortgagors and Businesses to Higher Inflation and Interest Rates
22 Mar 2024
FSR
– March 2024
4.1 Focus Topic: Scenario Analysis of the Resilience of Mortgagors and Businesses to Higher Inflation and Interest Rates | Financial Stability Review – March 2024
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2024/mar/focus-topic-scenario-analysis-of-the-resilience-of-mortgagors-and-businesses-to-higher-inflation-and-interest-rates.html
The Economics of Low Interest Rates
29 Dec 2022
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RBA Annual Conference 2022
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2022/pdf/rba-conference-2022-mian-presentation.pdf
The Relationship Between Financial Indicators and Economic Activity: 1968–1987 | Conference – 1989
31 Dec 1968
Conferences
Clearly, for most of the period, these rates move together. Accordingly, only one interest rate variable is used – the yield on 90-day bank-accepted bills (henceforth “the bill rate”). ... Data for real interest rates are calculated by deducting
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1989/bullock-morris-stevens.html
Box B: The Impact of Rising Interest Rates and Inflation on Indebted Households' Cash Flows
7 Oct 2022
FSR
– October 2022
Financial Stability Review – October 2022Box B: The Impact of Rising Interest Rates and Inflation on Indebted Households Cash Flows. ... Specifically, it assumes the following:. Interest rate increases of 2 percentage points (the cumulative increase
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2022/oct/box-b-the-impact-of-rising-interest-rates-and-inflation-on-indebted-households-cash-flows.html
Box A: The Transition Away from LIBOR
8 Apr 2021
FSR
– April 2021
For several decades, London Inter-bank Offered Rates (LIBOR) have been a widely used benchmark for global interest rates, underpinning derivatives, loans, bonds and other financial products. ... LIBOR seeks to measure the interest rates that large banks
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/fsr/2021/apr/box-a-the-transition-away-from-libor.html
Introduction | Conference – 1997
21 Jul 1997
Conferences
One interesting feature of this approach, and of the simple interest-rate rules, is that it generates considerably greater variability in short-term official interest rates than has been seen in ... practice. In practice, central banks appear to be
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/intro-97.html
Discussion on Inflation Targeting and Japan: Why has the Bank of Japan not Adopted Inflation Targeting? | Conference – 2004
9 Aug 2004
Conferences
Both carry essentially zero interest rates, offer great liquidity and pose much the same credit risk. ... I would attach importance only to the dollar holdings at zero interest rates.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2004/ito-disc.html
Discussion of Inflation and Interest Rates
27 Nov 2023
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RBA Annual Conference 2023
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2023/pdf/rba-conference-2023-cochrane-discussion-presentation.pdf