Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)
RBA suffers payments outage after fire test
“Routine maintenance” led to loss of power at main data centre
Australian payments upgrade eases emergency payments – RBA deputy governor
New payments platform speeds payments between government agencies, Boulton says
Australian central bank holds rates, but governor warns of future rises
Board members confident about effects of tighter Fed policy and possible trade disputes
Fed may have to speed up rate rises, Australian governor warns
Philip Lowe says fiscal stimulus could lead to US inflation growing faster than expected
RBA trims inflation projections on low wage growth
Weaker outlook leads RBA to cut CPI forecasts to 1.75% in December 2018 from 2.25%
Australia’s labour market is tightening, governor says
Australia’s labour market is tightening, governor says, but higher wages are only evident in ‘certain pockets’ of the market
RBA paper modifies DGSE to include housing sector
Model does better job of explaining data on Australian economy, researchers say
Australia is open to payments innovation – RBA’s Bullock
Assistant governor says regulators will step in where they see a need, but will take a “graduated” approach
Demographics shaping Australian housing market – RBA’s Heath
Different housing markets are shaped by patterns of population growth, senior economist says
DLT will be a ‘catalyst for change’ – RBA’s Richards
New technologies have highlighted inefficiencies in existing payment infrastructure
Leading governors analyse evolving inflation-employment relationship
Powell, Draghi, Lowe and Kuroda assess causes keeping wage growth low across the world
RBA minutes drop hawkish language
Minutes of June meeting appear to contrast with recent remarks by governor Philip Lowe
RBA unlikely to hike in short term on low inflation – governor
Current wage growth insufficient to hit inflation target on a sustained basis
Strike halts Australian banknote production
Unions reject 2% offer and point to governor’s call for higher wage increases
Lowe says RBA is closely monitoring China’s shadow banks
Interconnections mean trouble in Chinese markets would likely spill into Australia, governor says
RBA paper finds elusive interest rate-investment link
Authors present empirical evidence for inverse relationship between rates and investment
People: Carney gets new senior adviser
Bank of England creates new senior adviser role; IMF appoints chief information officer; and more
RBA governor dispels view board ‘does nothing’
Central bank board votes to leave rates on hold, extending period to 21 months with no change; Lowe says next move is likely to be up
Curbs on interest-only loans have cut risks – RBA’s Kent
Regulatory actions have helped reduce risks in what had been a fast-growing sector
People: RBA appoints new chief information officer
New council member in Ukraine; Liu He no longer in China’s State Council; MAS appoints new board member
Prudential curbs on lending are working – RBA report
Central bank says concerns over riskier forms of lending “have eased”
RBA paper offers new way to add housing sector to DSGE models
Authors find their model delivers “reasonable” forecast performance
Re-pricing of assets could dampen global recovery, RBA deputy warns
Debelle says equities may be mispriced and says interest rates show “puzzling” features
Intellectual property investment fuelling growth in Australia – Lowe
RBA governor says lack of growth in “tangible assets” is turning investment towards the information technology market