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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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The Provision of Systemic Liquidity Services by the Public Sector
27 Oct 2008
RDP
2008-06
In particular, central banks (including the RBA) have been prepared to intervene in the foreign exchange market to provide two-way liquidity, and have also intervened when the value of the ... In principle, the same logic that has been used to justify
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2008/2008-06/pro-systemic.html
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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
Australian Money Market Divergence: Arbitrage Opportunity or Illusion?
1 Sep 2019
RDP
2019-09
into the foreign currency. ... Specifically, it is the return earned from lending AUD against the foreign currency in the spot market, investing the foreign currency in three-month JPY or USD London Interbank Offered Rate
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2019/2019-09/full.html
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Funding Behaviour
31 Dec 2013
RDP
2013-15
Furthermore, a sizeable proportion of Australia's superannuation assets are invested in foreign currency-denominated assets, some of which are hedged back into Australian dollars. ... For a broader discussion of foreign currency hedging by Australian
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2013/2013-15/funding-behaviour.html
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Domestic Financial Conditions
10 Nov 2023
SMP
– November 2023
Domestic Financial Conditions | Statement on Monetary Policy – November 2023
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2023/nov/domestic-financial-conditions.html
Domestic Financial Conditions
5 May 2023
SMP
– May 2023
Domestic Financial Conditions | Statement on Monetary Policy – May 2023
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2023/may/domestic-financial-conditions.html
Conclusions
31 Dec 2011
RDP
2011-02
But, the central bank's ability to maintain a given exchange rate with market forces that would otherwise depreciate the domestic currency is limited by its stock of foreign reserves. ... The central bank can buy foreign currency without bounds, but can
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2011/2011-02/conclusions.html
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