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RBA Glossary definition for financial markets
financial markets – A generic term for the markets in which financial instruments are traded. Financial instruments have no intrinsic value of themselves. They represent a claim over real assets or a future income stream. The four main financial markets are the foreign exchange market, the fixed interest or bond market, the share or equity market and the derivatives market.
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Semi-Annual Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Nov 1998
Bulletin
– November 1998
The financial market turmoil that began in Thailand in mid 1997 has now circled the globe and encompassed markets in major industrial countries, most notably the United States. ... This box outlines typical ways in which market participants can leverage
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1998/nov/1.html
Box A: Volatility in Global Financial Markets
10 Feb 2009
SMP
– February 2009
Volatility in financial markets declined over the five years to mid 2007, before rising as problems in the US sub-prime market began to mount (For much of the following year, ... The average of volatility of equity markets over the current period of
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2009/feb/box-a.html
Financial Markets and the Economy in the March Quarter
10 Apr 1993
Bulletin
– April 1993
The improved tone of financial markets during February and March lifted the main constraint on earlier action and cash rates were reduced by 0.5 percentage point, to around 5.25 ... Graph 14. Financial markets were unsettled in January as the exchange
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1993/apr/3.html
Domestic Financial Markets
10 Aug 2013
SMP
– August 2013
Statement on Monetary Policy – August 2013 4. Domestic Financial Markets. The Reserve Bank Board reduced the target for the cash rate from 2.75 per cent to 2.50 per cent ... Prior to this, the pricing of money market instruments had pointed to some
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2013/aug/dom-fin-mkts.html
Domestic Financial Markets
10 Feb 2011
SMP
– February 2011
Statement on Monetary Policy – February 2011 4. Domestic Financial Markets. The Reserve Bank Board has maintained its target for the overnight cash rate at 4.75 per cent since November ... Despite the solid improvement in global equity markets over
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2011/feb/dom-fin-mkts.html
Domestic Financial Markets
10 Aug 2010
SMP
– August 2010
Statement on Monetary Policy – August 2010 Domestic Financial Markets. Since the Statement in May, the Reserve Bank Board has maintained its target for the overnight cash rate at 4.50 per ... cent. An intensification in pressures in global financial
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2010/aug/dom-fin-mkts.html
Quarterly Report on the Economy and Financial Markets
10 Oct 1996
Bulletin
– October 1996
Share markets in most of the major countries have risen over the past few months although, as in other financial markets, there have been periods of volatility (Graph 10). ... Australian Financial Markets. Australian financial markets have been driven
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1996/oct/1.html
The Economy and Financial Markets
10 Aug 1998
Bulletin
– August 1998
The main origin of the financial market movements in mid year was a reassessment of Japan. ... The one aspect of financial markets in all Asian countries that remains very weak is share markets.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1998/aug/1.html
Extracting Information from Financial Market Instruments
10 Mar 2012
Bulletin
– March 2012
Bulletin – March 2012 Extracting Information from Financial Market Instruments. Richard Finlay and David Olivan. ... There are no official data to measure the total size and activity levels in the inflation swap market accurately, although a survey by
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2012/mar/6.html
Box B: Financial Market Volatility
10 Feb 2013
SMP
– February 2013
Volatility in global financial markets declined markedly over the second half of 2012, to around levels not seen on a consistent basis since before the financial crisis. ... Another feature of financial markets in the second half of 2012 was that trading
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2013/feb/box-b.html