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RBA Glossary definition for Cash Rate
Cash Rate – The interest rate which banks pay to borrow funds from other banks in the money market on an overnight basis. The cash rate is the Reserve Bank of Australia's operational target for the implementation of monetary policy. It is also an important financial benchmark in the Australian financial markets. It is used as the reference rate for Australian dollar Overnight Indexed Swaps (OIS) and the ASX 30 Day Interbank Cash Rate Futures. The Reserve Bank of Australia is the administrator of the cash rate. The cash rate is calculated as the weighted average interest rate on overnight unsecured loans between banks settled in the Reserve Bank Information and Transfer System (RITS). The Cash Rate is also known by the acronym AONIA in financial markets.
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Determination of Cash Rates
1 Dec 1992
RDP
9214
In practice, it is the unofficial cash rate which is targeted by the Bank (though, as explained later, the unofficial and official cash rates are about equal). ... take action to keep cash rates close to the announced target rate r.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/1992/9214/determination-of-cash-rates.html
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Appendix B: Data Definitions
31 Mar 1999
RDP
1999-03
ABS Cat. No. 6202.03, Table 2. From 1990 onwards, the target cash rate. ... Prior to 1990, the unofficial 11am call cash rate. Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin, Table F.1.
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Credit Spreads, Monetary Policy and the Price Puzzle
1 Jan 2020
RDP
2020-01
in risk premia in large business lending rates is met by an 8 basis point cut to the cash rate. ... Table 2: Estimated Policy Rules with Credit Spreads and Expected Cash Rate Changes.
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The Consequences of Low Interest Rates for the Australian Banking Sector
21 Dec 2022
RDP
2022-08
Figure 8: Cash Rate Pass-through to Banks' Lending Rates. Source: Brassil, Major and Rickards (2022). ... rate. So cash rate reductions remain an effective policy tool during large downturns and at low interest rates.
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Monetary Policy, Equity Markets and the Information Effect
23 Mar 2021
RDP
2021-04
Consistent with standard models, unexpected increases in the cash rate cause equity prices to fall (Figure 3). ... The absolute value of the effect is much smaller when using the cash rate as the independent variable.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2021/2021-04/full.html
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MARTIN Has Its Place: A Macroeconometric Model of the Australian Economy
20 Aug 2019
RDP
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5. Model Dynamics 31. 5.1 An Increase in the Cash Rate 31. ... In MARTIN, the cash rate influences economic activity primarily through the exchange rate, dwelling.
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An Empirical Model of Australian Interest Rates, Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy
19 Nov 2012
RDP
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18. Table 1 Variance Decompositions. Percentage of Unofficial Cash Rate Explained by Shock to. ... October 1987 period. However, shocks to cash rates have had. very little discernible effect on the exchange rate.
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The Distributional Effects of Monetary Policy: Evidence from Local Housing Markets
1 Feb 2020
RDP
2020-02
In the baseline models, the stance of monetary policy is measured by the cash rate target, as published in RBA statistical table F1 (Interest Rates and Yields – Money Market). ... Carroll et al 2017). Therefore, their discount rates may be relatively
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BA-MARTIN in Detail
18 Jan 2022
RDP
2022-01
cash rate and banks' cost of funding increases as the cash rate falls. ... By cash rate level. The lending spreads banks charge above their costs of debt funding have historically been unrelated to the level of interest rates (see Graph 13 in Garner and
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Where's the Money? An Investigation into the Whereabouts and Uses of Australian Banknotes
1 Dec 2018
RDP
2018-12
While we believe that the loss rates of paper banknotes serves as a reasonable indicator for the loss rate of polymer banknotes, there are some important reasons why they may differ. ... Thus, broadly speaking, only the transactional stock of banknotes
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