RBA Bond-Buying Thu Focused on Short End

By Sophia Rodrigues

The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced bond-buying for the fifth consecutive day but in a surprise move the purchases on Thursday are all aimed at the short end of the curve.

The RBA is buying A$3 billi...

26 Mar 2020, 11:35 AM
RBA Providing USD Via Repos To Cool FX Swaps Market

By Sophia Rodrigues

The Reserve Bank of Australia is providing US dollars in the local market via repurchase auction, a move aimed mainly at addressing dysfunction in the swaps market but likely also aimed at reducing  volatility in...

26 Mar 2020, 09:10 AM
RBA Yield Curve Steepens Marginally At 3rd Auction, More of 2028...

By Sophia Rodrigues

The Reserve Bank of Australia bought the entire A$4 billion of notified amount it announced for the government bond-buying auction Tuesday but instead of flattening the curve further, it steepened marginally.

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24 Mar 2020, 03:51 PM
Analysis: RBA Manages Curve Flattening; May Aim For More, 10-yr?

By Sophia Rodrigues

The Reserve Bank of Australia has managed to flatten the yield curve in the short to medium-end after two days of government bond-buying but the aim to achieve a further flattening might see them doing more purchases...

24 Mar 2020, 09:29 AM
Analysis: RBA Bond-Buying Via Multi-Price Auction Powerful Price...

By Sophia Rodrigues

The Reserve Bank of Australia has embarked on Quantitative Easing using a tool that can be powerful in sending a price signal to the market – multi-price auction method.

This afternoon, the RBA lowered...

19 Mar 2020, 02:54 PM
Analysis: RBA MonPol Announcement - Expectations and Possibilitie...

By Sophia Rodrigues

The most-awaited monetary policy announcement is due from the Reserve Bank of Australia this afternoon at 1430 hours local time.

The market has a set of expectations but is worried that the RBA will disappoi...

19 Mar 2020, 12:37 PM