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RBA Glossary definition for basis point
basis point – A basis point is 1/100th of 1 per cent or 0.01 per cent, so 100 basis points (bps) is equal to 1 percentage point. The term is used in money and securities markets to define differences in interest or yield. If an interest rate were to increase from 2 per cent to 3 per cent, it is said to have risen by 100 basis points (bps) or one percentage point.
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Long and Variable Monetary Policy Lags
20 Mar 2023
Speech
Speech delivered by Christopher Kent, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets), KangaNews DCM Summit, Sydney
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2023/sp-ag-2023-03-20.html
Inflation and Recent Economic Data
8 Mar 2023
Speech
Speech delivered by Philip Lowe, Governor, to the Financial Review Business Summit 2023, Sydney
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2023/sp-gov-2023-03-08.html
Today's Monetary Policy Decision
3 May 2022
Speech
Speech delivered by Philip Lowe, Governor, Sydney – 3 May 2022,
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2022/sp-gov-2022-05-03.html
Modernising Australia's Payments System
12 Dec 2023
Speech
Speech delivered by Michele Bullock, Governor, Australian Payments Network Summit, Sydney
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2023/sp-gov-2023-12-12.html
Inflation, Productivity and the Future of Money
20 Jul 2022
Speech
Speech delivered by Philip Lowe, Governor, to the Australian Strategic Business Forum 2022, Melbourne
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2022/sp-gov-2022-07-20.html
A Tokenised Future for the Australian Financial System?
16 Oct 2023
Speech
Speech delivered by Brad Jones, Assistant Governor (Financial System), The Australian Financial Review Cryptocurrency Summit, Sydney
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2023/sp-ag-2023-10-16.html
Banking and the COVID-19 Pandemic
15 Dec 2020
Speech
Speech delivered by Jonathan Kearns, Head of Financial Stability, to UNSW's 33rd Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, Sydney
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2020/sp-so-2020-12-15.html
Some Comments on Bank Funding
16 Dec 2009
Speech
Speech by Ric Battellino to the 22nd Australasian Finance & Banking Conference, Sydney
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2009/sp-dg-161209.html
Monetary Policy Decision
7 May 2024
Speech
Media Conference 7 May 2024 – Monetary Policy Decision, Sydney
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2024/mc-gov-2024-05-07.html
The Virus and the Australian Economy
11 Mar 2020
Speech
Speech delivered by Guy Debelle, Deputy Governor, at the Australian Financial Review Business Summit, Sydney
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2020/sp-dg-2020-03-11.html