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RBA Glossary definition for money market
money market – The market which deals in short-term discount securities such as Treasury notes, bank bills and promissory notes. Major participants in this market include the Reserve Bank of Australia, banks, superannuation funds, insurance companies, investment trusts, investment banks, building societies and large corporates.
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Financial Markets and the Bank's Operations | Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report - 1995
31 Dec 1995
Annual Report
The share market recovered in the second half of the year, as bond yields fell, but it lagged behind share markets in many other countries. ... At present, the Bank conducts its operations in Treasury notes and repurchase agreements with a group of
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1995/fin-markets.html
Operations in Financial Markets
30 Jun 1997
RBA Annual Report
– 1997
The cash rate is the interest rate paid on overnight funds in the money market. ... withdrew the facilities it had provided to the authorised money market dealers; and.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1997/operation-financial.html
The Bank's Market Operations | Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report - 1987
30 Jun 1987
Annual Report
In the normal course, money market interest rates rise and this eventually feeds through to other market yields and interest rates and ultimately to credit demand. ... Other changes extended the scope of authorised money market dealers to trade in
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1987/bank-mar-oper.html
Operations in Financial Markets
28 Aug 2006
RBA Annual Report
– 2006
more aggressively for funds in the money market, putting upward pressure on the cash rate. ... As noted above, the increase in Government deposits at the Reserve Bank over the past year withdrew Australian dollars from the money market.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2006/oper-fin-mkts.html
Operations in Financial Markets
10 Sep 2012
RBA Annual Report
– 2012
During the financial crisis, the Bank extended the term of its dealing to accommodate a heightened demand for longer-term funding within the domestic money market. ... In the past year, although global financial markets were at times quite unsettled, the
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2012/ops-fin-mkts.html
Economic Survey
9 Mar 2023
RBA Annual Report
– 1961
The year just past was marked by sharp changes of direction of the financial flows in the rapidly developing Australian capital and money markets. ... Commonwealth loans maintained their attractiveness, as did the official short term money market.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1961/economic-survey.html
Economic and Financial Developments in 1980/81 | Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report - 1981
30 Jun 1980
Annual Report
Total liabilities to clients of authorised dealers in the short-term money market fell by 7.4 per cent after growth of 1.3 per cent in 1979/80. ... Loans outstanding of money market corporations again increased strongly; over the year they rose by about
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1981/eco-fin-developments.html
Operations in Financial Markets
21 Aug 2002
RBA Annual Report
– 2002
There was a risk that this uncertainty would significantly constrain the normal functioning of the interbank money market, as individual banks sought to bolster their own liquidity by delaying payments, thereby ... Any potential impact of intervention on
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2002/oper-fin-mkts.html
Operations in Financial Markets
3 Aug 1999
RBA Annual Report
– 1999
Although changes to monetary policy are infrequent, the Bank needs to transact in the money market on a daily basis to ensure that conditions do not depart too far from those ... While domestic market operations are largely routine and carried out on a
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1999/oper-fin-mkts.html
Operations in Financial Markets
8 Sep 2005
RBA Annual Report
– 2005
In the case of operations in domestic markets, the main challenge over recent years has been to implement monetary policy without placing undue stress on the market for Commonwealth Government securities ... Bids or offers are ranked relative to market
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/2005/oper-fin-mkts.html