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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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Risk Management

16 Oct 2015 RBA Annual Report – 2015
The Australian dollar value of the Reserve Bank's portfolio rose over 2014/15, resulting in an increase in exchange rate risk. ... This involves the Bank receiving and remitting collateral to cover exposures on foreign exchange swaps generated by
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2015/risk-management.html

Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements

19 Oct 2023 RBA Annual Report – October 2023
negative net interest income as increases in the domestic cash rate during 2022/23 resulted in the floating interest rate paid on most of the Banks liabilities, namely Exchange Settlement balances, ... The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2023/financial-statements/notes.html

Operations in Financial Markets

27 Oct 2022 RBA Annual Report – October 2022
These swaps do not affect the exchange rate. The Bank had A$8.6 billion in long-term swaps outstanding at the end of June 2022. ... c) In accordance with IMF guidelines, forward commitments reflect notional values of unsettled spot and forward
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2022/operations-in-financial-markets.html

Operations in Financial Markets

24 Aug 2001 RBA Annual Report – 2001
The floating exchange rate regime which Australia adopted in 1983 means that the exchange rate fluctuates in response to changes in the demand for and supply of the currency in the ... Australia's intervention operations are fairly typical of those of
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2001/oper-fin-mkts.html

3.4 Earnings, Distribution and Capital

19 Oct 2023 RBA Annual Report – October 2023
Earnings, Distribution and Capital | Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report – October 2023
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2023/earnings-distribution-and-capital.html

Risk Management

12 Sep 2014 RBA Annual Report – 2014
As exchange rate risk is primarily a function of portfolio size, the yardstick measure of exchange rate risk increased over the year. ... This involves the Bank receiving and sending collateral to cover exposures on foreign exchange swaps generated by
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2014/risk-mgmt.html

The Bank's Market Operations | Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report - 1984

30 Jun 1984 Annual Report
light. With the floating of the exchange rate, the substantial injections to liquidity from the balance of payments were arrested. ... Financial conditions tightened over the course of the quarter, as reflected in higher domestic interest rates and a
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1984/bank-mar-ope.html

Operations in Financial Markets

30 Jun 1997 RBA Annual Report – 1997
The variability of the Australian dollar, in trade-weighted terms, is similar to that of other major countries with floating exchange rates. ... For this reason, almost all central banks with floating exchange rates engage from time to time in
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1997/operation-financial.html

Financial Markets and the Bank's Operations | Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report - 1991

30 Jun 1991 Annual Report
The Australian dollar's exchange rate against the US dollar was much more stable than the exchange rates of the major currencies against the US dollar and, in the second half ... The Bank recognises that with a deregulated market and floating exchange
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1991/fin-market.html

Note 16 | Financial Statements

28 Aug 2006 RBA Annual Report – 2006
Foreign exchange risk is the risk that the value of a financial instrument will fluctuate due to changes in exchange rates. ... The sensitivity of the fair value of the RBA's financial assets to fluctuations in the exchange rate and interest rates is
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2006/fin-statements/note-16.html