Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)
Rates round-up: Australia signals more tightening to come
Guatemala and West African states increase rates, while Jamaica raises reserve requirement
Australian treasurer welcomes chance to ‘refresh’ RBA board
Chalmers does not recommit to extending Philip Lowe’s term as governor
RBA outlines retail CBDC pilot projects
Australian central bank will test 14 use cases, working with major lenders and other firms
RBA official raises concerns over CBDC
Central bank proceeding with pilot despite potential drawbacks
Currency round-up: Charles III causes controversy
Australian government drove decision to drop UK monarch from notes, as ECCB weighs its options
RBA and BoK lengthen swap deal
New swap agreement will be effective for five years
RBA makes ninth straight rise and forecasts more to come
Governor warns Australia will be slow to achieve its inflation target
Australia will not put king’s image on banknote
RBA says new design will honour indigenous people
Credit constraints have small impact on housing market – paper
RBA economist revisits the effects of down payments on housing prices
RBA governor has ‘no intention of resigning’
Governor Philip Lowe says bringing inflation down remains his focus
RBA delivers another 25bp rate hike
Philip Lowe signals flexibility over further rate increases
Banknotes: October to December 2022
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
RBA to review payment system after outage
Central bank apologises for October incident that saw 500,000 payments via an Australian fast payment platform delayed for hours or days
RBA governor apologises over forward guidance
Philip Lowe says he’s sorry that people took out mortgages on the basis of central bank guidance
RBA voices concern over exchange’s failure to replace system
Politicians will question whether regulators have sufficient powers over securities exchange
RBA to return to “less specific” forward guidance
Central bank admits forward guidance during the pandemic was sometimes too complex
Banknotes: RBA consults over putting King Charles on currency
Qatar issues World Cup commemorative currency, and Laos brings out upgraded banknotes
RBA hikes interest rate to nine-year high
Governor Philip Lowe signals more rate rises amid highest inflation in 32 years
RBA payments systems suffer outage
Problem took too long to resolve, and platform is too fragile, payments executive claims
Default risks for Australian homeowners rising, RBA says
Some borrowers could see negative disposable income, but risk is not yet systemic
Rates round-up: RBA tightens policy 25bp
Plus rate increases in India, Israel, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica
The risks of a simultaneous and rapid global tightening
Economists call for a more co-ordinated and gradual increase in interest rates
Australia’s central bank invites CBDC proposals
RBA aims to launch a CBDC pilot early next year
King Charles to appear on Bank of England notes from 2024
Other Commonwealth central banks have made little comment on changeover