Statement on Monetary Policy August 2017

The Statement on Monetary Policy sets out the Bank's assessment of current economic conditions, both domestic and international, along with the outlook for Australian inflation and output growth. A number of boxes on topics of special interest are also published. The Statement is issued four times a year.

• Download the complete Statement 5.3MB

• Overview
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• International Economic Developments
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• Box A: The Recent Pick-up in Global Merchandise Trade
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• International and Foreign Exchange Markets
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• Box B: Recent Developments in Chinese Financial Regulations
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• Domestic Economic Conditions
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• Box C: Minimum Wage Decision
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• Domestic Financial Markets
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• Inflation
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• Economic Outlook
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• List of graphs
• List of tables

The material in this Statement on Monetary Policy was finalised on 3 August 2017.

ISSN 1448–5133 (Print)
ISSN 1448–5141 (Online)