Australia
Venezuela drawn into Securency scandal: report
Australian newspaper alleges that RBA offshoot paid for Vietnamese government officials to win business from Central Bank of Venezuela
IMF: higher capital costs could suffocate growth in Aus, NZ
Fund study into post-crisis growth levels in Australia and New Zealand says biggest threat is higher capital costs
RBA offshoot used prostitutes and bribes to win contracts: police witness alleges
Former employee of Securency, a Reserve Bank of Australia offshoot, alleges firm used bribes and prostitutes to win contracts to supply polymer substrate to foreign central banks
RBA’s Edey: price competitiveness sparked by special rates on term deposits
Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor says demand for liquid paper has led to special rates for term deposits
RBA’s Ellis: build more houses
Reserve Bank of Australia financial stability head Luci Ellis says more housing needed to offset rapid rise in house prices
RBA: May minutes show hike down to inflation scare
Reserve Bank of Australia’s May Board meeting reveal upward revision in inflation led to rate hike
RBA: inflation expectations converging globally
Reserve Bank of Australia paper finds inflation targeting policies helped the convergence of inflation forecasts to US levels
Ex-governor Fraser knocks RBA’s rapid hikes
Former Reserve Bank of Australia chief Bernie Fraser says central bank has been too eager in its rate hikes given the European debt crisis and its potential impact on growth worldwide
RBA’s Stevens: Australia’s recovery investment led
Reserve Bank of Australia’s governor also flags the role of intra-region exports
Aussie dollar boosted as RBA hikes again
Reserve Bank of Australia increases benchmark rate to 4.25%
RBA goes back to class
Reserve Bank of Australia paper shows that ‘learning’ component makes up for short comings of rational expectations model
RBA’s Stevens pledges new regulation
Governor Stevens compares the troubles in financial markets to a patient in cardiac arrest, but claims new regulation will be the cure
RBA warns of inflationary pressures from emerging markets.
Reserve Bank of Australia highlights inflationary threats from Asian economies in financial stability report
RBA: price stickiness overstated in traditional models
Reserve Bank of Australia study shows New-Keynesian Phillips Curve overstates the degree of price stickiness in macro models.
RBA reviews the way it measures CPI
A report by the RBA proposes changes to the way future CPI is reported and measured
RBA: credit card reform in Australia
Reserve Bank of Australia‘s assistant governor discusses the challenges regulators face in the market for credit card payments
RBA justifies March rate hike
Signs of revival in economic activity convinced board members to hike rates by a quarter point
IMF deputy on drivers of the Asian recovery
International Monetary Fund first deputy managing director Murillo Portugal says Australia has done well as a result of Chinese commodity demand, but must watch out for a cooling off
RBA chalks up half century
Australia's central bank turns fifty
RBA’s Lowe: approaches to financial stability vary
Reserve Bank of Australia’s Philip Lowe says there is no one-size-fits-all approach to financial resilience
RBA’s Payments System Board – Annual Report 2009
Reserve Bank of Australia’s Payments System Board says payments fraud increased
RBA – Financial Stability Review September
Sentiment among Australian households and businesses has improved considerably says the Reserve Bank of Australia in its latest Financial Stability Review
Credit measurement in a changing world
Reserve Bank of Australia presents its approach to measuring credit and non-intermediated debt flows
Australian funds hedge half their foreign assets
Reserve Bank of Australia investigates the level of currency hedging by domestic managed funds