Search: Y2K
RBA Glossary definition for Y2K
Y2K – Year 2000. The Year 2000 problem was the possibility that financial institutions' computer systems would fail on 1 January 2000 and spark a loss of public confidence in individual institutions or at worst, in the financial system as a whole. In the event, the arrival of Y2K was virtually incident-free.
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A Snapshot of Inflation Targeting in its Adolescence | Conference – 2004
9 Aug 2004
Conferences
Following something of a lull, during which many macroeconomists were preoccupied by Y2K, asset-price bubbles, and the ‘new economy’, the pace of research on inflation targeting appears to have accelerated
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2004/kuttner.html
Inflation Targeting and Japan: Why has the Bank of Japan not Adopted Inflation Targeting? | Conference – 2004
9 Aug 2004
Conferences
No additional easing was adopted between the fall of 1999 and the summer of 2000, except for liquidity injections to deal with Y2K concerns.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2004/ito.html
Joint Media Release: Year 2000 Preparations in the Australian Banking and Financial System
16 Jul 1998
Media Releases
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) today released a booklet on the ‘Year 2000 problem’. This publication, Year 2000 Preparations in the Australian Banking and Financial System, outlines
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/1998/jmr-98-1607-rba-apra.html
Governor's Foreword
3 Aug 2000
RBA Annual Report
– 2000
Apart from overseeing the smooth transition into the new century (the so-called Y2K problem), carrying out the former of these responsibilities was relatively uneventful – as would be expected, the financial ... Demand for notes was augmented by the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2000/gov-foreword.html
Wrap-up Discussion | Conference – 2011
16 Aug 2011
Conferences
RBA Annual Conference – 2011 Wrap-up Discussion. 1. John Edwards. The eight papers presented at this Conference illuminate the major economic issues and events of the 2000s in Australia. Many of these issues continue to present challenges to
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2011/wrap-up-disc-2011.html
The Reserve Bank Board and Governance
3 Aug 2000
RBA Annual Report
– 2000
for Y2K; see reference in ‘Governor's Foreword’.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2000/rba-board.html
Currency
4 Sep 2008
RBA Annual Report
– 2008
Although no $100 banknotes were purchased in 2007/08, the Reserve Bank's stock of $100 banknotes, acquired in 1999 as part of Y2K contingency preparations, has been run down to
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2008/currency.html
Business Services
3 Aug 2000
RBA Annual Report
– 2000
These values are up significantly (by around 35 per cent) on last year, reflecting strong demand for notes by banks in the run-up to Y2K. ... As explained in the chapter on ‘Financial System Stability’, the RBA ordered additional notes in preparation
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2000/bus-serv.html
Speeches | Payments & Infrastructure Resources
9 Mar 2023
A list of useful speeches on Payments & Infrastructure issues by the RBA
https://www.rba.gov.au/payments-and-infrastructure/resources/speeches.html
Note Printing Australia
24 Aug 2001
RBA Annual Report
– 2001
This was fewer than in the previous year because of a lower Australian requirement, due largely to the passing out of the Y2K bulge and to the much longer life of
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2001/note-printing.html