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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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Foreign Currency Exposure and Hedging in Australia

16 Mar 2023 Bulletin – March 2023
Tim Atkin and Jacob Harris
The 2022 Survey of Foreign Currency Exposure confirms that Australian entities’ financial positions, in aggregate, are well protected against a depreciation of the Australian dollar.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2023/mar/foreign-currency-exposure-and-hedging-in-australia.html

Recent Developments in the Semi-government Bond Market

25 Jan 2024 Bulletin – January 2024
Sam Batchelor and Maddie Roberts
The market for Australian state and territory government bonds is often referred to as the market for ‘semis’.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2024/jan/recent-developments-in-the-semi-government-bond-market.html

The Asian Situation: An Australian Perspective

22 Feb 2001 Bulletin PDF 26KB
exchange rate andhigher interest rates. ... One thing that seems clear is that in the earlydays of a floating exchange rate regime, weshould expect some very large movements,particularly if the balance of forces is in thedirection
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1998/mar/pdf/bu-0398-1.pdf

Australian Financial Markets

10 Jun 2002 Bulletin – June 2002
One party may have a floating rate liability and will be worried that interest rates will rise (making its obligation more expensive). ... To protect against this eventuality, it can exchange its stream of floating rate payments with a fixed stream so as
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2002/jun/2.html

Foreign Currency Exposure and Hedging in Australia

15 Mar 2023 Bulletin - March 2023 PDF 832KB
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2023/mar/pdf/foreign-currency-exposure-and-hedging-in-australia.pdf

Fallbacks for BBSW Securities

16 Jun 2022 Bulletin – June 2022
Duke Cole and Lara Pendle
The bank bill swap rate (BBSW) is an important short-term benchmark interest rate for Australian financial markets across various maturities.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2022/jun/fallbacks-for-bbsw-securities.html

Economic and Financial Research in the Reserve Bank in 2001

10 Jan 2002 Bulletin – January 2002
In this situation, a floating exchange rate in conjunction with inflation targeting is an obvious policy alternative. ... He points to evidence that floating exchange rates can be subject to fads and bubbles, and argues that this behaviour imposes
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2002/jan/1.html

Bulletin December Quarter 2017

10 Feb 2020 Bulletin PDF 6688KB
maturing FX swaps if the exchange rate continued to depreciate in the short term. ... market to trade at interest rates well above the central bank’s operational target for the money market interest rate.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2017/dec/pdf/bu-1217-reserve-bank-bulletin.pdf

The Central Bank's First Economist

8 Dec 2021 Bulletin - December 2021 PDF 393KB
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/2021/dec/pdf/the-central-banks-first-economist.pdf

Statement to Parliamentary Committee

22 Feb 2001 Bulletin PDF 25KB
The domestic economy hasalso benefited because we have not had to putup interest rates in order to maintain ourexternal parity (as in a fixed exchange rate)or to prop up a ... This new less volatile environmentallows the floating exchange rate to do its
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/bulletin/1999/jan/pdf/bu-0199-3.pdf