Essays Tagged: "RBA"

Transmission Mechanism and its Lag and Uncertainty.

The Central Bank (RBA) carries out monetary policy with the aim of protecting the value of Australia money by keeping ... of the lags can vary. Because the effect of monetary policy actions on prices can have a long lag, RBA must recognize, as early as possible, any signals that indicate the emergence of upward or downw ... impact of these pressures will be felt. However, in practice, the economy is not stable enough for RBA to forecast and pin down these changes.If RBA estimates that the economy will be exceeding its c ...

(18 pages) 178 1 3.8 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Explain Monetary Policy and how/why it is used to regulate Australia's economy.

y·Full employment·Economic prosperityIt is the duty of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to use Monetary Policy to best achieve these goals for the government. The Business cycle is a ... ycle, in order reduce the extremities of the cycle and produce slow sustainable economic growth.The RBA is able to alter the money market by influencing interest rates throughout the economy. This is ...

(5 pages) 182 4 4.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Reserve Bank

Jonathan RosenbergEconomics Assessment - Reserve BankThe Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is Australia's central bank and was established by the Government. Its responsibilities include ... ry). In these meetings the board discusses whether it is going to lower or raise interest rates.The RBA pushes interest rates up when the economy is growing too fast and lowers them when the economy n ... t*The economic welfare and prosperity of the people of AustraliaTo change these interest rates, the RBA adjusts the cash rate, which is the rate charged on overnight loans between financial institutio ...

(5 pages) 140 0 4.9 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

This report includes information regarding to the background and significance of interest rate to the capital market.

tly, this report will briefly explain the background and significance of the low interest rate. The RBA maintained low interest rate because of weak global ecnomy and the need to boost local economy a ... st of the world.1. Background1.1 Low interest rate remain unchangedAfter Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has cut interest rate from 6.25 per cent in February to 5 per cent in April in early 2001 (http ...

(10 pages) 179 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

Rsearch and summarise financial regulators in the Australian ecnonomy as well as interest rates.

there are many regulators in Australia, the three main ones include the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), the Australia Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investm ... A) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (AISC).As Australia's central bank, the RBA has the important role of controlling Australia's money and banking system. The RBA is responsib ...

(3 pages) 47 0 3.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Australian Credit Card Industry

argest global credit card companies in Australia. However, recent development shows that due to the RBA reforms, VISA market share in Australia has been significantly affected and it keeps losing more ... nment PolicyThe most recent development that occurs in Australian credit card industry is about the RBA's decision to reform some of the rules in the industry which results in an increase of opportuni ...

(18 pages) 101 0 4.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Overview of the Reserve Bank of Australia

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is responsible over Australia's monetary policy, which includes responsibility over inflation, ... t rates. It operates independently from the government, however it is still accountable to them.The RBA's major responsibility is monetary policy, especially in the areas of exchange rate, inflation, ... the amount of funds available to the commercial banks, and the interest charged on those funds.The RBA uses the cash rate to directly control the interest rates provided on loans, and returned on sav ...

(2 pages) 33 0 3.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Australia and its exchange rate

he economy. Inflationary pressures will increase stemming from the increasing costs of imports. The RBA may then be pressured into raising interest rates to defend its inflation target. In terms of fo ... both positive and negative consequences on the Australian economy and its balance of payments, the RBA and government must also occasionally manage the exchange rate if it views there a need to do so ...

(3 pages) 61 1 4.0 May/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

What are the Causes and policies used to counteract inflation

flation within the economy. Through the continual conduct of various policies by the Government and RBA, underlying inflation had been kept at about 2.5% in 2002, within the target range of 2-3% after ... to the economy as a whole) and microeconomic polices. The main macroeconomic policy, as seen by the RBA's motive to raise the cash rate in May 2006, is the use of monetary policy. The Reserve Bank of ...

(4 pages) 188 0 5.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Development Studies

Financial Planning

risk and lossesMajor participants in financial marketsBanksFinance/insurance companiesMerchant banksRBASuper fundsMutual fundsPublic/private companiesASXSources of fundsInternal sources- Owners equity ...

(2 pages) 218 0 4.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Economic Growth and Business Fluctuations in Australia

lation.The Australian Real GDP figures are provided to the public at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) website. Microsoft Excel was used to generate the 2 graphs on page 4.Figure 1 shows natural log ...

(3 pages) 35 0 3.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Development Studies

Discuss how financial markets in Australia are regulated by the Reserve bank of Australia, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

overall economy and the individual sectors, there are three major regulators of financial markets; RBA, APRA, and ASIC.RBAThe Reserve Bank of Australia is one of the most important regulators of fina ... ntenance of full employment and the economic prosperity and welfare of the people of Australia. The RBA plays significant roles in regulating the financial market by conducting monetary policy on beha ...

(5 pages) 38 0 4.5 Nov/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Essay on the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)The Reserve Bank of Australia plays an important role in the Australian economy. Without it, the ... ns and importance of the presence of the Reserve Bank of Australia.The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) is Australia's central bank. The RBA was created in 1959 under the Reserve Bank Act 1959 and it ... Secretary's Department, and Risk Management Unit.Tim Dixon, John O'Mahony, The Market Economy p.183RBA's most important function is to conduct the monetary policy. It can be defined as the RBA's acti ...

(6 pages) 48 0 3.7 Nov/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Australian Credit Card and Securitization

hare is controlled by the low-fee players and regional banks..The interchange reforms introduced by RBA on August 2002 required the adoption of a new cost based approach to the calculation of domestic ... t there has been a slowdown in the more recent times due to the change in the regulations.Recently, RBA has issued a new report which uncovered the result of the fierce competition in the credit card ...

(20 pages) 40 0 0.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Investment Policy Statement

urces. The security data and other relevant figures of data are from authentic sources such as ASX, RBA and ANZ bank.The Treynor and Sharpe ratios are positive. The excel solver has been used to calcu ... s. Analyzing the current scenario, the 25 basis point hike in the overnight cash rates announced by RBA, will affect the interest rates on the 13 Year Treasury Bonds. For our portfolio the 13 Year Tre ...

(19 pages) 136 0 3.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Rates & Indexes

Australia's Eco Growth Rate.

he federal government's principal macro-economic policy instruments. By changing the cash rate, the RBA can indirectly affect the term structure of interest rates in the financial system, which in tur ... anged for most of 1994. This effectively sped up the growth rate to above 4%. Yet in late 1994, the RBA, concerned with rising inflationary expectations and import spending associated with higher econ ...

(5 pages) 23 0 5.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

How exchange rates are determined and their impact on the Australian economy

ated equation was used to perceive the exchange rate; this was:Where:The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) - Government interventionWhen the RBA intervenes, it buys or sells Australian dollars against a ... y, almost always the US dollar. To support the exchange rate at a time when it is depreciating, the RBA would sell foreign exchange and buy Australian dollars. If the RBA wanted to resist an appreciat ...

(5 pages) 40 0 5.0 Jun/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Rates & Indexes

The RBA and inflation targeting

The RBA claims that inflation targeting is consistent with its obligation to 'secure full-employment'? W ... lation targeting is the conduct of monetary policy to achieve a given inflation rate over time. The RBA has an inflation target between 2-3%; this allows the RBA to balance the tradeoffs between infla ... ance the tradeoffs between inflation and employment. In order to maintain this inflation target the RBA must try to keep aggregate demand as close to its expected or potential natural rate of output. ...

(2 pages) 33 1 3.5 Aug/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

The factors determining movements in the general level of interest rates.

nts. Therefore, it will push up the exchange value of a country.Finally, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has important effects on aggregate demand about the money supply and interest rates. This is re ... fects on aggregate demand about the money supply and interest rates. This is related to the role of RBA as the controller of monetary policy in order to achieve price stability and full employment in ...

(5 pages) 37 0 0.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Australia's Objective of Full Employment

he NAIRU is the Non-Accelerating Inflationary Rate of Unemployment, a tool used by Treasury and the RBA to determine acceptable levels of unemployment. In simple terms, it is the lowest rate of unempl ...

(7 pages) 12 0 5.0 Jun/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics