Reserve Bank of Australia
News & Announcements
September 2020
The Australian Economy and Monetary Policy
Speech by Guy Debelle, Deputy Governor, at the Australian Industry Group, Virtual Conference
New Financial Statistics: The Value of Sound Data in Troubled Times
Address by Marion Kohler, Head of Domestic Markets, to the Australian Financial Markets Association, Online
Consumer Payment Behaviour in Australia: Evidence from the 2019 Consumer Payments Survey
Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
At its meeting today, the Board decided to maintain the targets for the cash rate and the yield on 3-year Australian Government bonds of 25 basis points. It also decided to increase the size of the Term Funding Facility and make the facility available for longer.
August 2020
How Risky is Australian Household Debt?
Payments System Board Update: August 2020 Meeting
Opening Statement to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics
Speech by Philip Lowe, Governor, Online
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The Economic Outlook
Speech by Luci Ellis, Assistant Governor (Economic), Australian Business Economists Lunchtime Briefing, Online
The Apartment Shortage
Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
July 2020
The Reserve Bank's Operations – Liquidity, Market Function and Funding
Address by Christopher Kent, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets), to Kanganews, Online
The Determinants of Mortgage Defaults in Australia – Evidence for the Double-trigger Hypothesis
COVID-19, the Labour Market and Public Sector Balance Sheets
Address by Philip Lowe, Governor, to the Anika Foundation, Online
Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
June 2020
The Reserve Bank's Policy Actions and Balance Sheet
Speech by Guy Debelle, Deputy Governor, at the Economic Society Australia
Panel participation by Philip Lowe, Governor, at the ANU Crawford Leadership Forum – Global Economy and COVID-19
Panic, Pandemic and Payment Preferences
Keynote Address by Michele Bullock, Assistant Governor (Financial System), at the Morgan Stanley Disruption Evolved Webcast
Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
May 2020
Payments System Board Update: May 2020 Meeting
Panel participation by Guy Debelle, Deputy Governor, at the Refinitiv & ACI Australia webinar on ‘Assessing the Impact of the FX Global Code’
Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
April 2020
Regulators Release Feedback on Financial Institutions' Preparation for LIBOR Transition
Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
March 2020
Review of Retail Payments Regulation – Postponement
Reserve Bank of Australia and US Federal Reserve Announce Swap Arrangement
Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
At a meeting yesterday, the Reserve Bank Board agreed to a comprehensive package to support the Australian economy through the current challenging period.
Skills, Technology and the Future of Work
Speech by Alexandra Heath, Head of Economic Analysis Department, at Career Education Association of Victoria and Victorian Commercial Teachers Association Work Futures Conference, Melbourne
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Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor
The Virus and the Australian Economy
Keynote Address by Guy Debelle, Deputy Governor, at the Australian Financial Review Business Summit, Sydney
Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
February 2020
ISO 20022 Migration for the Australian Payments System – Conclusions Paper
Next Generation of Banknotes: $100 Design Reveal
Payments System Board Update: February 2020 Meeting
The Distributional Effects of Monetary Policy: Evidence from Local Housing Markets
Panel participation by Philip Lowe, Governor, at the 7th Australia-Canada Economic Leadership Forum, Melbourne
Appearance by Philip Lowe, Governor, before the House of Representatives' Standing Committee on Economics
Speech by Philip Lowe, Governor, Canberra
Renewal of Bilateral Local Currency Swap Agreement With Bank of Korea
Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
January 2020
Credit Spreads, Monetary Policy and the Price Puzzle
December 2019
Confidence in Australian Banknotes
Changes in Banking: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Speech by Jonathan Kearns, Head of Financial Stability, to the Business Forum at the 32nd Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, Sydney
Opening Statement to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee on Currency (Restrictions on the Use of Cash) Bill 2019
Speech by Tony Richards, Head of Payments Policy Department, and Richard Finlay, Senior Manager, Analysis and Policy, Note Issue Department, Canberra
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What's on the Cards?
Speech by Tony Richards, Head of Payments Policy Department, at the Australian Payments Network Summit, Sydney
Panel Participation by Michele Bullock, Assistant Governor (Financial System) – The Big Debate – at the AusPayNet Summit, Sydney
A Payments System for the Digital Economy
Address by Philip Lowe, Governor, to the 2019 Australian Payments Network Summit, Sydney
China's Evolving Monetary Policy Framework in International Context
Statement By Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
November 2019
Review of Retail Payments Regulation – Issues Paper
Unconventional Monetary Policy: Some Lessons From Overseas
Address by Philip Lowe, Governor, to Australian Business Economists Dinner, Sydney
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Employment and Wages
Speech by Guy Debelle, Deputy Governor, at the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) National Conference 2019, Canberra
34th South Pacific Central Bank Governors' Meeting
Payments System Board Update: November 2019 Meeting
Panel participation by Christopher Kent, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets), at the Australian Securitisation Forum 2019
Mortgage Arrears
Remarks by Guy Debelle, Deputy Governor, at FINSIA Signature Event: The Regulators, Sydney
Panel participation at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia
Speech by Michele Bullock, Assistant Governor (Financial System), 2019 ASFA Conference, Melbourne
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Statement By Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
October 2019
Some Echoes of Melville
Speech by Philip Lowe, Governor, at the Sir Leslie Melville Lecture, Canberra
Panel participation by Christopher Kent, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets), at the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Sydney
Address by Philip Lowe, Governor, at ‘Governor Talk’ event at the International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C.
Housing and the Economy
Address by Guy Debelle, Deputy Governor, at the CFA Societies Australia Investment Conference, Sydney
Emergency Liquidity Injections
Next Generation of Banknotes: $20 Enters General Circulation
BIS committees release two major reports on unconventional policy tools
Committee on the Global Financial System, chaired by Philip Lowe, Governor
Lumps, Bumps and Waves
Address by Luci Ellis, Assistant Governor (Economic) to the Ai Group, Geelong
Remarks at Reserve Bank Board Dinner
Speech by Philip Lowe, Governor, at the Reserve Bank Board Dinner, Melbourne
Statement By Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
September 2019
Assessment of ASX Clearing and Settlement Facilities – September 2019
Survey of Foreign Exchange and Derivative Markets
Australian Money Market Divergence: Arbitrage Opportunity or Illusion?
Consultation on ISO 20022 Migration for the Australian Payments System – Responses and Options Paper
The Well-meaning Economist
Statement By Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
August 2019
A Balance of Payments
Address by Guy Debelle, Deputy Governor, to the Economic Society of Australia, Canberra
MARTIN Has Its Place: A Macroeconometric Model of the Australian Economy
Remarks at Jackson Hole Symposium
Remarks by Philip Lowe, Governor, at the Jackson Hole Symposium, Wyoming, USA
Payments System Board Update: August 2019 Meeting
Risks to the Outlook
Keynote Address by Guy Debelle, Deputy Governor, at the 14th Annual Risk Australia Conference, Sydney
Panel participation by Guy Debelle, Deputy Governor, at the Redefining Conduct in FX markets event, Sydney
The Usual Transmission – Monetary Policy and Financial Conditions
Address by Christopher Kent, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets), to Finance & Treasury Association, Sydney
Next Generation of Banknotes: Circulation Date for the New $20 Banknote
Opening Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor, to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, Canberra
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Financial Stability Through the Lens of Business
Address by Michele Bullock, Assistant Governor (Financial System), to the Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce, Toowoomba
Panel participation by Lindsay Boulton, Assistant Governor (Business Services), at the 13th Annual Tech in Gov conference, Canberra
Statement By Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
July 2019
Low Wage Growth
The papers and summaries of discussion from the Reserve Bank of Australia 2019 Conference
Changes to the Exchange Settlement Account Policy
Inflation Targeting and Economic Welfare
Address by Philip Lowe, Governor, to Anika Foundation Luncheon Supported by NAB and the ABE, Sydney
The Committed Liquidity Facility
Address by Christopher Kent, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets), at the Bloomberg Address, Sydney
FX Global Code
Keynote Address by Guy Debelle, Deputy Governor, at FX Week USA, New York
The Effect of Mortgage Debt on Consumer Spending: Evidence from Household-level Data
Cost-benefit Analysis of Leaning against the Wind
Quantitative Macroeconomics
Call for Papers – Reserve Bank of Australia Research Workshop 2019 to be held in Sydney on 12–13 December 2019
Remarks at Darwin Community Dinner
Remarks by Philip Lowe, Governor, at the Darwin Community Dinner, Darwin
Statement By Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
June 2019
Modernising Australia's Payments System
Speech by Michele Bullock, Assistant Governor (Financial System), at the Central Bank Payments Conference, Berlin
Panel participation by Philip Lowe, Governor, at the ANU Crawford Australian Leadership Forum, Canberra
The Labour Market and Spare Capacity
Address by Philip Lowe, Governor, to a Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) Event, Adelaide
A History of Australian Equities
Understanding Rising Housing Loan Arrears
Speech by Jonathan Kearns, Head of Financial Stability Department, at the 2019 Property Leaders' Summit, Canberra
Panel participation by Tony Richards, Head of Payments Policy Department, at the 2nd Annual Real-Time Payments Summit, Sydney
New Payments Platform: Conclusions Paper
Watching the Invisibles
Speech by Luci Ellis, Assistant Governor (Economic), at the 2019 Freebairn Lecture in Public Policy, University of Melbourne
Remarks at the Australian Renminbi Forum Melbourne
Speech by Christopher Kent, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets), at the Australian Renminbi Forum, Melbourne
Reserve Bank Adjusts the Committed Liquidity Facility
Australia's Resource Industry – A Look into the Crystal Ball
Speech by Alexandra Heath, Head of Economic Analysis, to the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies, Perth
Today's Reduction in the Cash Rate
Remarks by Philip Lowe, Governor, at the Reserve Bank Board Dinner, Sydney
Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
May 2019
The Operation of the Interchange Standards: Conclusions and Variation of Standards
Panel participation by Ellis Connolly, Deputy Head of Domestic Markets Department, at the Bloomberg-ISDA Benchmarks forum, Hong Kong
Payments System Board Update: May 2019 Meeting
The Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy
Speech by Philip Lowe, Governor, at the Economic Society of Australia, Brisbane
Leaning In: Towards Better Payment and Clearing Systems
Keynote Speech by Michele Bullock, Assistant Governor (Financial System), at ASIC Annual Forum, Sydney
Panel discussion – The End of Libor and the Impact on Australian Financial Markets – Sydney
Regulators Urge Financial Institutions to Plan for LIBOR Transition
Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
April 2019
Financial Markets Foundation for Children Provides Funding for New Chair in Neonatal Paediatrics
Explaining Monetary Spillovers: The Matrix Reloaded
Progress on Benchmark Reform
Speech by Guy Debelle, Deputy Governor, at ISDA's 34th Annual General Meeting, Hong Kong
The State of the Economy
Speech by Guy Debelle, Deputy Governor, at the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia (AmCham) Business Luncheon, Adelaide
Consultation on ISO 20022 Migration for the Australian Payments System
Pacific Central Bankers Prioritise Capital Flows and Climate Change
Is Declining Union Membership Contributing to Low Wages Growth?
Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
March 2019
Opening Panel Remarks at the FX Week Australia
Remarks by Christopher Kent, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets), at the FX Week Australia, Sydney
What's Up (and Down) With Households?
Address by Luci Ellis, Assistant Governor (Economic), to Housing Industry Association March Industry Outlook Breakfast, Sydney
Property, Debt and Financial Stability
Speech by Michele Bullock, Assistant Governor (Financial System), at the Urban Development Institute of Australia (WA), Perth
Bonds and Benchmarks
Speech by Christopher Kent, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets), to the KangaNews DCM Summit, Sydney
Bilateral Local Currency Swap Agreement With the Bank of Japan
Climate Change and the Economy
Keynote Address by Guy Debelle, Deputy Governor, at a Public Forum hosted by the Centre for Policy Development, Sydney
A Model of the Australian Housing Market
Ten Years of Research – What Have We Learnt Since the Financial Crisis?
Speech by John Simon, Head of Economic Research, at the Economic Society of Australia (QLD) and Griffith University Symposium, Griffith University, South Bank, Brisbane
The Housing Market and the Economy
Address by Philip Lowe, Governor, to the AFR Business Summit, Sydney
Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
February 2019
The Operation of the Interchange Standards: Consultation Paper
Payments System Board Update: February 2019 Meeting
Next Generation $20 Banknote Design Reveal
Financial Conditions and the Australian Dollar – Recent Developments
Speech by Christopher Kent, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets), at the XE Breakfast Briefing, Melbourne
Remarks by Alexandra Heath, Head of Economic Analysis Department, at the Australian Business Economists Forecasting Conference, Sydney
Expanded Forecast Set for Future Statements on Monetary Policy
An expanded list of macroeconomic variables for which forecasts will be published online with future Statements on Monetary Policy.
The Year Ahead
Address by Philip Lowe, Governor, to the National Press Club of Australia, Sydney
Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision
January 2019
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