Standing Committee on Economics, Finance and Public
Administration
Interim Report
The Committee tabled its report Review of the Reserve Bank of Australia
Annual Report 1998-99: Interim Report on 13 March 2000. Copies of
the full report are available in PDF format
(280KB) or from the Committee Secretariat.
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Transcripts
22/05/2000 Melbourne
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Government response: No response required
Table of contents of report:
Review of the Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report 1998-99: Interim
Report
FOREWORD
MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE
TERMS OF REFERENCE
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
Background
- Scope and conduct of the review
- CHAPTER 2 CONDUCT OF MONETARY POLICY
Review of June 1999 forecasts and future prospects
- Interest rate increase
- The Bank's approach to monetary policy
- International issues
- Commonality between US and Australian interest rate policy
- Fiscal policy
- Household debt
- Capacity restraints
- Inflation
- Business investment
- CHAPTER 3 FINANCIAL SYSTEM STABILITY
Year 2000
- Surveillance of the financial system
- Current account deficit
- Derivatives
- CHAPTER 4 OTHER ISSUES
Small business bank fees
- Credit cards and bonus schemes
- Payments system board
- Public accountability
- APPENDIX A - LIST OF SUBMISSIONS
1 Reserve Bank of Australia (PDF format) (Notes
on Bank fees to Small Business)
APPENDIX B - LIST OF HEARINGS, BRIEFINGS AND WITNESSES
(A copy of the public hearing transcript for the 29
November 1999 is available in PDF format or from the Committee
Secretariat)
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