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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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Discussion of 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/lindsey-disc.pdf
Is Monetary Policy Less Effective When Interest Rates Are Persistently Low?
10 Feb 2020
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RBA Conference Volume 2017
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2017/pdf/rba-conference-volume-2017-borio-hofmann.pdf
The Rise of Household Indebtedness | Conference – 2007
20 Aug 2007
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I Baseline assumptions. High inflation, high interest rates. High inflation, low interest rates. ... inflation and low interest rate scenario) based on estimates for Australia (Productivity Commission 2005).
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2007/kent-ossolinski-willard.html
The Transmission of Monetary Policy through Banks' Balance Sheets | Conference – 2018
12 Apr 2018
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risk that future short-term interest rates will not turn out as expected (interest rate risk). ... The effect of the cash rate on provisioning rates may diminish at low interest rates.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2018/brassil-cheshire-muscatello.html
The Rise in US Household Indebtedness: Causes and Consequences | Conference – 2007
20 Aug 2007
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If the saving rate averaged 1 percentage point lower because of lower interest rates, then lower rates explain a reduction in net worth of 6 per cent of income. ... Thus, the average interest rate on household debt responds gradually to shifts in market
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2007/dynan-kohn.html
Discussion of The Consequences of Low Interest Rates for the Australian Banking Sector
29 Dec 2022
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RBA Annual Conference 2022
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2022/pdf/rba-conference-2022-brassil-discussion.pdf
General 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-general-discussion.pdf
The Exchange Rate and Macroeconomic Policy in Australia | Conference – 1993
12 Jul 1993
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It is worth mentioning these qualifications briefly. Relaxing the Mundell-Fleming model assumption that exchange rate expectations are static introduces the interest parity condition that domestic and foreign nominal interest rates ... where all
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1993/pitchford.html
Inflation Targeting and Japan: Why has the Bank of Japan not Adopted Inflation Targeting? | Conference – 2004
9 Aug 2004
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With expectations of deflation, if interest rates have already reached zero, monetary policy loses its potency, because the nominal interest rate is bound at zero. ... Stage 1. Cautiously lowering interest rates to the zero interest rate policy (ZIRP)
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2004/ito.html
Changes in the Behaviour of Banks and Their Implications for Financial Aggregates | Conference – 1989
20 Jun 1989
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The top panel of the graph shows two interest rates: the 90-day bank bill yield (as an indicator of market rates), and the interest rate on trading bank fixed deposits. ... Trading banks were given increased freedom to negotiate interest rates on
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1989/battellino-mcmillan.html