Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)
Australian Treasury Press Release
PRESS RELEASE - Re-appointment of Mr Hugh Morgan to the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia, 24 July.
Reserve Bank of Australia - Bulletin, July 2002
REPORT - On 18 July the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) published its July 2002 Bulletin. In the Bulletin the RBA says that over the past five years, there has been a sustained rise in house prices in most major cities in Australia. Some part of this…
RBA Bulletin, June 2002
REPORT - The Reserve Bank of Australia on Thursday published the June 2002 issue of its Bulletin.
Reserve Bank of Australia 2002 Conference
CONFERENCE - The Reserve Bank of Australia 2002 conference 27-28 May, jointly organised with the Australian Treasury, is on the topic: 'Globalisation, Living Standards and Inequality: Recent Progress and Continuing Challenges'.
Speech by Glenn Stevens of the RBA, 16 May
SPEECH - Stevens gave a speech titled 'International Economic and Financial Issues: An RBA Perspective' on Thursday and said that the US economy remained the uncertain factor for world growth this year although it was clear a turning point had happened, …
Reserve Bank of Australia Report
REPORT - Chart Pack - A Collection of Graphs on the Australian Economy and Financial Markets, 3 May.
Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin, April 2002
REPORT - The Reserve Bank of Australia has published its Bulletin for April, Trends in Australia's Exports, 18 April.
Inflation Targeting and the Inflation Process
RESEARCH - Reserve Bank of Australia Research Discussion Paper - Inflation Targeting and the Inflation Process: Some Lessons from an Open Economy by Guy Debelle and Jenny Wilkinson, Published in January 2002.
Aus PM welcomes RBA decision not to raise rates
AUSTRALIA - Prime Minister John Howard has welcomed the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision not to increase interest rates at its meeting today.
Australia's RBA leaves rates unchanged at 4.25 pct
AUSTRALIA - The Reserve Bank of Australia Wednesday left interest rates unchanged following its April board meeting, despite expectations in some circles that it would begin the tightening cycle.
Payments System Board Annual Report 2001
REPORT - The Reserve Bank of Australia's Payments System Board Annual Report 2001 was issued on 28 March.
Kabul joins queue for bank services
AUSTRALIA - Two months after John Howard promised Australian help to rebuild Afghanistan's war-ravaged central bank, the Reserve Bank of Australia official chosen to advise his Afghan counterparts is still cooling his heels in Sydney, The Australian…
Speech by Ian Macfarlane, Governor, RBA, 22 Mar
SPEECH - Macfarlane's address, on 'Sir Leslie Melville: His Contribution to Central Banking in Australia', outlined Melville's role at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia when it served as both the central bank and a commercial bank.
Banks tackle RBA in new card twist
AUSTRALIA - The Australian Bankers' Association (ABA) says the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has hired a lobbyist to promote credit card reform.
Banks in fight over card fees
AUSTRALIA - Banks and credit card issuers are in disagreement with the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) over credit card reforms.
RBA's Macfarlane to give speech on 22 March
AUSTRALIA - Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Ian Macfarlane has two speeches scheduled in coming weeks, his first public outings since December.
Australia's Macfarlane moves Reserve goal posts
AUSTRALIA - The Reserve Bank of Australia governor advised the Australian Government against repayments of borrowed US dollars.
Speech by Glenn Stevens of the RBA, 6 March
SPEECH - Stevens said in the speech titled 'Economic Performance and Issues in 2002' that "as best as we can judge, the economy is not only continuing to expand, but has reasonable prospects of continuing to do so in the near term".
Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin, February 2002
REPORT - RBA Statement on Monetary Policy, 21 February 2002.
Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin, February 2002
REPORT - RBA Recent Developments in Small Business Finance, 21 February 2002.
Speech by Glenn Stevens of the RBA, 18 Feb
SPEECH - In the speech titled 'The Economic Outlook in 2002' Stevens said economic prospects were "pretty good", although there could be a weak patch during 2002.
RBA says Australia's prospects pretty good
AUSTRALIA - The Reserve Bank of Australia said on Monday there were good reasons to be confident about the domestic economy over 2002, but warned that Japan remained the biggest risk to a global recovery.
Reserve Bank of Australia Report
REPORT - The latest quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy has been released by the RBA, 11 February.
Australia's Res Bank appoint head of domestic mkts
AUSTRALIA - The Reserve Bank of Australia said Tuesday it has appointed Philip Lowe as head of its domestic markets department.