Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)
The winners of the 2019 Central Banking Awards
MAS wins central bank of the year, Karnit Flug awarded governor of the year and Zhou Xiaochuan recognised for lifetime achievement; 23 other awards announced
RBA governor does not rule out a rate cut in 2019
Uncertain international outlook has rebalanced policy options towards a looser approach
Pick-up in inflation to take ‘a little longer’ than expected – RBA’s Lowe
Inflation expected to reach 2.25% in 2020
Second round of 2019 Central Banking awards winners revealed
Winners include Warren Coats, St Louis Fed, Bank of Israel, RBA and National Bank of Ukraine
Payments and market infrastructure development: Reserve Bank of Australia
The RBA has spearheaded the development of an upgraded retail payment system that includes real-time settlement
Financial market infrastructure services: ParFX
The foreign exchange platform has pioneered a market-driven effort to tackle concerns about poor market behaviour and distrust in the $5 trillion-a-day market
RBA authors try to estimate banknotes’ whereabouts
Information is sparse on the period between a banknote’s issuance and its destruction
Falling offshore borrowing has helped shield Australia – RBA official
RBA’s monetary policy has not followed Fed’s normalisation
Staff from Australian central bank subsidiary convicted of bribery
RBA officials oversaw boards while crimes committed
Australia to launch new $50 note
Successful transition to new $5 and $10 notes opened door for most circulated note
Next policy move will likely be hawkish, RBA says
RBA leaves rates unchanged, saying there is more progress to be made
Uneven technology adoption behind low productivity and wage growth – RBA research
High-productivity firms are reducing prices and increasing profits rather than boosting salaries
RBA moves back into profit
Gains in foreign currency investments carry RBA back into profit, annual report says
RBA warns FMI provider on op risk failings
ASX’s clearing and settlement facilities need to take action on op risk issues, central bank says
RBA’s Bullock: Australia faces large housing risks
Debt-to-income ratio has risen and banks are highly exposed to the housing sector
RBA governor welcomes housing market slowdown
Lowe says slower credit growth is “positive”, as wider economy heats up
RBA suffers payments outage after fire test
“Routine maintenance” led to loss of power at main data centre
Australian payments upgrade eases emergency payments – RBA deputy governor
New payments platform speeds payments between government agencies, Boulton says
Australian central bank holds rates, but governor warns of future rises
Board members confident about effects of tighter Fed policy and possible trade disputes
Fed may have to speed up rate rises, Australian governor warns
Philip Lowe says fiscal stimulus could lead to US inflation growing faster than expected
RBA trims inflation projections on low wage growth
Weaker outlook leads RBA to cut CPI forecasts to 1.75% in December 2018 from 2.25%
Australia’s labour market is tightening, governor says
Australia’s labour market is tightening, governor says, but higher wages are only evident in ‘certain pockets’ of the market
RBA paper modifies DGSE to include housing sector
Model does better job of explaining data on Australian economy, researchers say
Australia is open to payments innovation – RBA’s Bullock
Assistant governor says regulators will step in where they see a need, but will take a “graduated” approach