Australian dollar
Australian indigenous nation advances with digital currency
Birri Gubba dollar to be pegged to AUD and backed by assets including carbon credits
King Charles to appear on Bank of England notes from 2024
Other Commonwealth central banks have made little comment on changeover
Will the dollar remain the world’s reserve currency?
Bank of Russia sanctions are unlikely to undermine the US dollar’s central role in reserve portfolios. But a relative decline in US economic weight and technological innovation are benefiting other currencies
RBA raises interest rate by 50bp
Move marks a total of 125bp of increases since May
IMF blog highlights rise of ‘non-traditional’ reserve currencies
Renminbi only accounts for a quarter of the shift away from dollars
Reserve Bank of Australia launches A$100bn in new QE
Australian central bank surprises analysts with easing measure, despite more hopeful macroeconomic forecast
New Isda ‘fallbacks’ critical to making Libor transition a ‘non-event’
New protocol and supplement offer a transition away from Libor rates in 2021, despite CFTC saying 2,400 companies still exposed and Fed extending some US libor contracts until mid-2023
Australia’s central bank considering FX interventions, says Debelle
RBA is evaluating additional monetary policy tools, deputy governor says
RBA and Bank of Korea expand local currency swap agreement
The initial deal was signed in 2014 and has been renewed every three years
Australian central bank takes ‘responsibilty’ for banknote spelling mistake
Typographical error on the 50-dollar note went unnoticed for six months
Hurdles remain for euro as international reserve currency
Dollar’s incumbency, institutional deficiencies and rise of the renminbi hamper the euro’s progress
Australian payments upgrade eases emergency payments – RBA deputy governor
New payments platform speeds payments between government agencies, Boulton says
Central banks still value diversification, say reserve managers
Rise in US yields does not outweigh the benefits of forex diversification, say delegates attending Nalm Americas
Bundesbank to begin investing in renminbi
Executive board member says the bank is considering investing in other foreign currencies
New Australian $10 to feature works of native authors
RBA launches second banknote in new series, celebrating native authors; new note will feature similar security elements to new A$5 launched last year
Aussie dollar drops as RBA cuts inflation outlook
Reserve Bank of Australia cuts forecasts for headline and underlying inflation; lowered its key rate by 25bp to 1.75% earlier this week
RBA cuts to 1.75% as data disappoints
Glenn Stevens points to “unexpectedly low” inflation data as the Reserve Bank of Australia cuts its key rate by 25bp; Australian dollar slides following decision
RBA reduces share of euro in reserves
Australian central bank cuts euro holdings by 10% while nearly doubling RMB share of reserve portfolio; running yield ‘very low' at 0.2% at end-June, annual report says
RBA economist proposes ‘survival model’ of banknote life
The research discussion paper outlines an alternative method of predicting how long banknotes will last, finding the ‘survival model’ produces less volatile estimates
Lift-off for ASX Aussie dollar swap clearing business
Volumes jump in the first three months of the year following revamp of Sydney bourse's clearing incentive scheme
Stevens says RBA has discussed further easing
Australian governor says central bank is trying to manage difficult mix of low inflation and rising asset prices against longer-term backdrop of falling terms of trade