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RBA Glossary definition for Nominal interest rate
Nominal interest rate – The nominal interest rate refers to the cost of borrowing money before adjustment for inflation i.e. it includes compensation for the expected erosion of the value of the borrowed funds due to inflation. It is the cost visible to the borrower, and is composed of the real interest rate plus inflation.
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 on The Smoothing of Official Interest Rates | Conference – 1997
21 Jul 1997
Conferences
However, worth noting at the outset is that the theoretical justification for penalising the change in the official short-term nominal interest rate in the loss function is not so clear. ... Does smoothing of official interest rates mean that the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/lindsey-disc.html
Appendix C: The Effect of Different Interest Rate Assumptions
1 Feb 1998
RDP
9803
The right-hand panel shows how nominal interest rates respond to this shock when policy-makers use a Taylor-type rule, responding to inflation and output forecasts four periods ahead, with ... If policy-makers are assumed to keep real, rather than nominal
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/1998/1998-03/appendix-c.html
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The Transmission of Monetary Policy through Banks' Balance Sheets | Conference – 2018
12 Apr 2018
Conferences
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
Appendix A: Affine Term Structure Model
12 May 2023
RDP
2023-04
In the model the one-period nominal interest rate r. t. is given by. ... Consistent with ACM, our factors are the first K principal components from a panel of nominal interest rates.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2023/2023-04/appendix-a.html
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The Welfare Effects of Alternative Choices of Instruments and Targets for Macroeconomic Stabilisation Policy | Conference – 1997
21 Jul 1997
Conferences
If real interest rates are constant, variations in the inflation rate translate directly into variations in the nominal interest rate, and only the return to cash is affected. ... Short-term inflationary shocks – those that had no significant effect on
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/quiggin.html
The Australian Experience
1 Jul 1990
RDP
9002
The second period of domestic interest rates above world interest rates began in 1981/82 and corresponded to a period of nominal exchange rate depreciation against the U.S. ... The fall in interest rates during 1987 corresponds to a period of nominal
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/1990/9002/australian-experience.html
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Discussion on Inflation Targeting and Japan: Why has the Bank of Japan not Adopted Inflation Targeting? | Conference – 2004
9 Aug 2004
Conferences
The transition to deflation differs from disinflation because of the zero lower bound in nominal wage growth, if any, and nominal interest rates. ... Whatever the deficiency, from Taka's point of view, of the Bank of Japan's commitment to keep nominal
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2004/ito-disc.html
How Risky is Australian Household Debt?
25 Aug 2020
RDP
2020-05
consumption, debt, financial markets, financial stability, households, households, income and wealth, interest rates, modelling, money. ... In particular: fundamental factors (higher real incomes, a fall in nominal interest rates, financial
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2020/2020-05.html
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Appendix D: Glossary and Data
31 Dec 2005
RDP
2005-11
All levels variables are expressed in logs except: interest rates, bond market inflation expectations and the tariff rate series trf (which are expressed as decimals); together with the Southern Oscillation Index. ... Source: Export price indices and
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2005/2005-11/appendix-d.html
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Monetary and Macroprudential Policies: The Case for a Separation of Powers | Conference – 2018
12 Apr 2018
Conferences
Domestic lending, the most sensitive to domestic interest rates, was not the main source of the problem. ... Suppose, for example, that inflation is much too low but the monetary policymaker believes the zero lower bound on nominal interest rates has
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2018/broadbent.html