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RBA Glossary definition for floating exchange rate
floating exchange rate – Exchange rates determined by market forces based on the demand for and supply of a currency.
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Open Market Operations Since the Float
10 Dec 1986
Bulletin
– December 1986
To the extent that it was successful, it would prop up interest rates and thus prolong the exchange rate/interest rate combination that gave rise to the inflow in the first ... Without exchange rate variability, the system could quickly degenerate into
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1986/dec/2.html
Understanding Exchange Rates and Why They Are Important
13 Dec 2018
Bulletin
– December 2018
Exchange rates are important to Australia's economy because they affect trade and financial flows between Australia and other countries.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2018/dec/understanding-exchange-rates-and-why-they-are-important.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Nov 2000
Bulletin
– November 2000
Elsewhere in Asia, the countries with floating exchange rates have depreciated against the US dollar, though to varying degrees. ... The significance of economic news and interest rates emerges clearly when the large individual moves in the exchange rate
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2000/nov/1.html
Foreign Exchange Derivative Markets in Asia
7 Dec 2017
Bulletin
– December 2017
Activity in foreign exchange derivative markets in Asia has increased in recent years, along with greater incentives to hedge exchange rate risk. But these markets are more developed for the currencies of advanced Asian economies than emerging Asian
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2017/dec/9.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Feb 2001
Bulletin
– February 2001
Graph 15. The peak of the US trade-weighted index broadly coincided with the trough in the Euro/US dollar bilateral exchange rate. ... Elsewhere in Asia, the currencies of countries with floating exchange rates appear to have stabilised against the US
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2001/feb/1.html
The Exchange Rate, Monetary Policy and Intervention
13 Feb 2003
Bulletin
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The Present System. I think it is true to say that Australia iscomfortable with a floating exchange rate. ... is that we recognisethat Australia is subject to quite large realshocks and a floating exchange rate is wellsuited to this situation.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1993/dec/pdf/bu-1293-3.pdf
Foreign Currency Exposure and Hedging in Australia
18 Dec 2013
Bulletin
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Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin December 2013
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2013/dec/pdf/bu-1213-6.pdf
Semi-Annual Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Nov 1998
Bulletin
– November 1998
currency pair in such a short period since the move to floating exchange rates in 1973. ... A similar pattern of short-term interest rates was evident in late August and early September as the exchange rate again fell heavily.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1998/nov/1.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 May 2002
Bulletin
– May 2002
Graph 21. A range of factors has helped the exchange rate to strengthen in recent months. ... See Box B for a more general discussion of equity flows and the exchange rate.).
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2002/may/1.html
Statement on Monetary Policy
10 Feb 2002
Bulletin
– February 2002
The exchange rate has been relatively stable since early 2001 in trade-weighted terms. ... However, most foreign exchange transactions were undertaken at the floating rate, with the official rate abandoned in early February.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2002/feb/1.html