Search: foreign-currency liquidity
RBA Glossary definition for foreign-currency liquidity
foreign-currency liquidity – The capacity to exchange foreign currency for domestic currency without significantly moving the exchange rate. The extent to which a foreign currency may be traded readily without causing a significant movement in price.
RBA Glossary definition for liquidity
liquidity – The capacity to sell an asset quickly without significantly affecting the price of that asset. Liquidity is also sometimes used to refer to assets that are highly liquid.
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Domestic Financial Markets
10 Feb 2011
SMP
– February 2011
Increasing the share of funding from longer-term debt can reduce the size of the liquidity portfolio that needs to be held under that scenario. ... funding. Cross-currency basis swap spreads – which represent the hedging cost of Australian issuers
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2011/feb/dom-fin-mkts.html
International and Foreign Exchange Markets
10 May 2006
SMP
– May 2006
Regulatory changes saw China's foreign-currency-denominated B shares, which are available to both foreign and domestic investors, rise strongly. ... This so-called ‘carry trade’ sought to benefit from the interest rate differential between the two
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2006/may/intl-fx-mkts.html
International and Foreign Exchange Markets
10 Feb 2014
SMP
– February 2014
The stock of Chinese foreign currency reserves increased by US$157 billion (around 4 per cent) over the December quarter, to be US$508 billion (15 per cent) higher over the year. ... While most other Asian and emerging market countries' foreign currency
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2014/feb/intl-fx-mkts.html
International and Foreign Exchange Markets
10 May 2015
SMP
– May 2015
Foreign currency-denominated corporate bond issuance has been broadly stable in recent months, but the currency composition of issuance has shifted somewhat from US dollars to euros. ... In addition to lowering the policy rate, the Danish central bank
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2015/may/intl-fx-mkts.html
International and Foreign Exchange Markets
10 May 2009
SMP
– May 2009
The Fed has also extended the size, coverage and duration of many of its liquidity programs. ... In general, these spreads have narrowed since mid March. In emerging Europe, sovereign spreads increased in February on concerns over vulnerabilities in the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2009/may/intl-fx-mkts.html
International and Foreign Exchange Markets
10 Aug 2014
SMP
– August 2014
The RBNZ has also suggested that if the New Zealand dollar remains high in the face of worsening fundamentals, it would become ‘more opportune’ to intervene in foreign currency markets. ... Most Asian and emerging market central banks' gross foreign
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2014/aug/intl-fx-mkts.html
International and Foreign Exchange Markets
10 Aug 2011
SMP
– August 2011
August. The Korean authorities introduced a levy on non-deposit foreign-currency liabilities of banks and cooperatives on 1 August. ... This is in addition to other measures introduced in June 2010 that were aimed at limiting Korean banks'
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2011/aug/intl-fx-mkts.html
Domestic Financial Markets
10 Aug 2010
SMP
– August 2010
Cross-currency basis swap spreads – which represent an additional funding cost for banks hedging foreign currency bond issuance into Australian dollars – have increased slightly since the previous Statement but remain below ... The elevated cross
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2010/aug/dom-fin-mkts.html
Domestic Financial Markets
10 Feb 2015
SMP
– February 2015
Once the cost of hedging foreign currency issuance back into Australian dollars is taken into account, the pricing of recent issuance across major currencies is broadly consistent with the cost of ... In recent months, growth in foreign-currency
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2015/feb/dom-fin-mkts.html
International and Foreign Exchange Markets
10 May 2014
SMP
– May 2014
In all three cases, the declines reflected episodes of greater-than-usual sales of foreign currency by the local central banks to support their respective currencies. ... More recent data indicate that foreign currency sales in Russia and Argentina have
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2014/may/intl-fx-mkts.html