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RBA Glossary definition for exchange rates
exchange rates – The price of one currency expressed in terms of another currency. Any exchange rate can be quoted two ways, e.g. Australian dollars per US dollar (USD/AUD) or US dollars per Australian dollar (AUD/USD). The convention for the Australian dollar is that it is quoted as the foreign currency price of the Australian dollar. This is sometimes referred to as the 'Indirect' method of quoting.
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Economic Developments Abroad
24 Mar 2026
7
RBA Annual Report
– 1975
Selected Currencies Exchange Rates Against United States Dollar. (1). (percentage movements from April 1971 parities based on closing rates in New York). ... Falling interest rates in the United States and West Germany enabled some other countries to
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1975/economic-developments-abroad.html
International and Foreign Exchange Markets
9 May 2016
7
SMP
– May 2016
In contrast, the central banks of Mexico and South Africa raised their policy rates by 50 and 25 basis points, respectively, to stem inflationary pressure mainly arising from further exchange rate ... Except for the Chinese New Year period, the spread
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/smp/2016/may/international-and-foreign-exchange-markets.html
Statement by Philip Lowe, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision - April 2022
5 Apr 2022
7
Media Releases
At its meeting today, the Board decided to maintain the cash rate target at 10 basis points and the interest rate on Exchange Settlement balances at zero per cent.
https://www.rba.gov.au/media-releases/2022/mr-22-11.html
Making Monetary Policy in an Uncertain World
27 Aug 1992
7
Speech
Talk by Ian Macfarlane to the Monash University Law School Foundation, Melbourne
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/1992/sp-dg-270892.html
Bank Funding
22 Mar 2012
7
Speech
Address by Guy Debelle to the Australian DCM Summit 2012, Sydney
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2012/sp-ag-220312.html
Financial Aggregates May 2025
30 Jun 2025
7
Statistics
Data for the levels of financial aggregates are not adjusted for series breaks, and growth rates should not be calculated from data on the levels of credit. ... As usual, all growth rates for the financial aggregates are adjusted for the effects of
https://www.rba.gov.au/statistics/frequency/fin-agg/2025/fin-agg-0525.html
Financial Crises and Globalisation
15 Jul 1999
7
Speech
Address by Stephen Grenville to The Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee Conference, ‘International Capital Mobility and Domestic Economic Stability’ Canberra on 15 July 1999
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/1999/sp-dg-150799.html
The Reserve Bank's Role as it Impacts on Business
22 May 1996
7
Speech
Speech by Graeme Thompson to the 1996 National Institute of Accountants New South Wales Congress, ‘Maximising Your Business Opportunities’, Sydney
https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/1996/sp-dg-220596.html
From the Washington Consensus to the New International Financial Architecture | Conference – 1999
9 Aug 1999
7
Conferences
Indeed, throughout the crisis from 1994 to 1998, overvaluation of real effective exchange rates was a factor that triggered the panic. ... However, objective evidence and data seem to indicate that the pertinent information, such as real effective
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1999/sakakibara.html
Economic Survey
24 Mar 2026
7
RBA Annual Report
– 1961
Most hire purchase companies were able to maintain their issues of debentures and notes somewhere near the reduced levels they desired, although at higher interest rates. ... The experience of recent months also suggests that, in some of the more
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/annual-reports/rba/1961/economic-survey.html