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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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Operations in Financial Markets

12 Sep 2014 RBA Annual Report – 2014
While Australia has now operated a floating exchange rate regime for more than 30 years, the Bank has always retained the discretion to intervene in the market for Australian dollars to ... As these transactions alter the supply of ES balances (without
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2014/ops-fin-mkts.html

Monetary Policy | Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report - 1985

30 Jun 1985 Annual Report
The floating exchange rate has also increased the influence of the Bank's market operations on domestic financial conditions – in particular, the extent to which these operations are able to modify ... The floating exchange rate, coupled with the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1985/mon-policy.html

Earnings and Distribution

25 Oct 2010 RBA Annual Report – 2010
rates. An appreciation of the exchange rate results in valuation losses, as foreign assets are worth less in Australian dollars; an exchange rate depreciation leads to valuation gains. ... faced by the Bank in managing market risk on its assets in a
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2010/earnings-dist.html

Financial System Stability

2 Sep 2003 RBA Annual Report – 2003
First, foreign reserves are a more relevant indicator for countries with fixed or managed exchange rate systems than for countries with a floating exchange rate, such as Australia. ... A relatively low ratio of foreign reserves to short-term debt is also
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2003/fin-sys-stability.html

Operations in Financial Markets

3 Aug 1999 RBA Annual Report – 1999
Australia has a floating exchange rate regime in which the currency has been allowed to move over a wide range, an arrangement which has proved beneficial to the economy because of ... In extreme cases, such instances of ‘overshooting’, which are
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1999/oper-fin-mkts.html

Operations in Financial Markets

10 Sep 2012 RBA Annual Report – 2012
Some transactions undertaken by the Reserve Bank are intended to influence the exchange rate or conditions in the market for foreign exchange. ... Nevertheless, the Bank retains discretion to intervene to address dislocated markets and gross
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2012/ops-fin-mkts.html

Note 18 – Financial Instruments | Financial Statements

2 Sep 2003 RBA Annual Report – 2003
Interest rate risk is the risk that the value of a financial instrument will fluctuate due to changes in market interest rates. ... Interest rate futures reflect the positions in interest rate contracts traded in foreign futures exchanges to manage
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2003/fin-statements/note-18.html

Note 17 – Financial Instruments | Financial Statements

21 Aug 2002 RBA Annual Report – 2002
Interest rate risk is the risk that the value of a financial instrument will fluctuate due to changes in market interest rates. ... Interest rate futures reflect the positions in interest rate contracts traded on foreign futures exchanges to manage
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2002/fin-statements/note-17.html

The RBA in the Community

24 Aug 2001 RBA Annual Report – 2001
The Governor spoke mainly about the economy, monetary policy and exchange-rate issues to organisations such as the Committee for Economic Development of Australia and the World Economic Forum Asian/Pacific ... It discussed papers on the economic
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The Economy and Monetary Policy | Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report - 1995

31 Dec 1995 Annual Report
The headline CPI does not measure this. Given the preponderance of floating-rate mortgages in Australia, the sensitivity of mortgage rates to cash rates and the weight of mortgage costs in ... In other words, the floating exchange rate has helped to
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1995/economy-monetary.html