<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>AustralianPolitics.com&#187; Reserve Bank</title>
	<atom:link href="http://australianpolitics.com/category/issues/reserve-bank-issues/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://australianpolitics.com</link>
	<description>Resources, News &#38; Commentary from Malcolm Farnsworth</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 16:29:17 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Reserve Bank Cuts Interest Rates By 0.5%</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2012/05/01/rba-cuts-interest-rates-by-50-points.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2012/05/01/rba-cuts-interest-rates-by-50-points.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 04:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Audio2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gillard Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reserve Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACCI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernie Fraser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Anderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://australianpolitics.com/?p=6090</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut interest rates by 50 basis points to 3.75%. Includes RBA statement and audio of comments by Wayne Swan, Joe Hockey and Peter Anderson.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://australianpolitics.com/2012/05/01/rba-cuts-interest-rates-by-50-points.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Gillard Commits To Budget Surplus, Pressures Reserve Bank</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2012/04/19/gillard-pressures-reserve-bank.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2012/04/19/gillard-pressures-reserve-bank.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Audio2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gillard Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reserve Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://australianpolitics.com/?p=5749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Audio of Prime Minister Julia Gillard's Perth speech in which she reaffirmed her government's intention to produce a budget surplus and claimed the Reserve Bank has scope for further interest rate cuts.  Gillard was addressing a business lunch hosted by the Western Australian Chamber of Commerce and the Western Australian Chamber of Minerals and Energy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://australianpolitics.com/2012/04/19/gillard-pressures-reserve-bank.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Reserve Bank Leaves Cash Rate Unchanged</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2012/04/03/rba-leaves-cash-rate-unchanged.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2012/04/03/rba-leaves-cash-rate-unchanged.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reserve Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://australianpolitics.com/?p=5641</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank has left the cash rate unchanged at its monthly meeting today.  Read the statement on monetary policy by RBA Governor Glenn Stevens.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://australianpolitics.com/2012/04/03/rba-leaves-cash-rate-unchanged.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Reserve Bank Cuts Interest Rates Another 0.25% To 4.25%</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/12/06/reserve-bank-cuts-interest-rates-again.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/12/06/reserve-bank-cuts-interest-rates-again.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gillard Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reserve Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://australianpolitics.com/?p=4607</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut interest rates for the second month in a row. The reduction of 25 basis points &#8211; 0.25% &#8211; takes the cash rate to 4.25%. The Treasurer, Wayne Swan, welcomed the cut, describing it as &#8220;welcome Christmas cheer&#8221;. He called on the banks to pass on the reduction in [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/12/06/reserve-bank-cuts-interest-rates-again.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
<enclosure url="http://australianpolitics.com/sounds/2011/12/11-12-06_wayne-swan-interest-rate-cut-press-conference_7m.mp3" length="7016765" type="audio/mpeg" />
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Reserve Bank Lowers Interest Rates 0.25%</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/11/01/reserve-bank-lowers-interest-rates-0-25.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/11/01/reserve-bank-lowers-interest-rates-0-25.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gillard Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reserve Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://australianpolitics.com/?p=4439</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank of Australia has lowered the cash rate 0.25% to 4.5%. This is the first movement in interest rates since November last year. Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens said there had been a &#8220;moderation in the pace of global growth, though fears of a major downturn have not been borne out so far&#8221;. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/11/01/reserve-bank-lowers-interest-rates-0-25.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Reserve Bank Leaves Interest Rates On Hold</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/02/01/reserve-bank-leaves-rates-on-hold.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/02/01/reserve-bank-leaves-rates-on-hold.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 03:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reserve Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://australianpolitics.com/?p=4067</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank of Australia has left the cash rate unchanged at 4.75%. The bank&#8217;s February decision was announced at 2.30pm today. Reserve Bank Cash Rates Since 1990 Text of statement from Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens. At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 4.75 per cent. Global [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://australianpolitics.com/2011/02/01/reserve-bank-leaves-rates-on-hold.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Reserve Bank Governor&#8217;s Statement to House of Reps Economics Committee</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2010/11/26/glenn-stevens-statement-to-economics-committee.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2010/11/26/glenn-stevens-statement-to-economics-committee.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 02:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parliamentary Committees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reserve Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiscal policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monetary policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://australianpolitics.com/?p=2062</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the text of the opening statement to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics by Glenn Stevens, Governor of the Reserve Bank. When we last met with the Committee in February this year, it was becoming clear that the recovery in the global economy was proceeding faster than many had expected. It [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://australianpolitics.com/2010/11/26/glenn-stevens-statement-to-economics-committee.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>What Caused The Financial Crisis?</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2009/03/19/what-caused-the-financial-crisis.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2009/03/19/what-caused-the-financial-crisis.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reserve Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Edey]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://australianpolitics.com/?p=485</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The global financial crisis is &#8220;a crisis of credit markets&#8221;, says Malcolm Edey, Assistant Governor (Economic) of the Reserve Bank of Australia. In an address to the Foundation for Aged Care Business Breakfast in Sydney, Edey traced the origins of the financial crisis, discussed its effects and looked at responses to the crisis. This is [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://australianpolitics.com/2009/03/19/what-caused-the-financial-crisis.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Reserve Bank Cuts Interest Rates Another 0.75%</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/11/04/reserve-bank-cuts-interest-rates-another-075.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/11/04/reserve-bank-cuts-interest-rates-another-075.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reserve Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rudd Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interest rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://australianpolitics.com/?p=364</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut the cash rate a further 0.75% to 5.25%. The 0.75% cut follows reductions of 1.0% in October and 0.25% in September. Listen to Treasurer Wayne Swan comment on the interest rate decision: LISTEN This is the text of a statement from the Governor of the Reserve Bank, Glenn [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/11/04/reserve-bank-cuts-interest-rates-another-075.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
<enclosure url="http://australianpolitics.com/sounds/2008/11/08-11-04_wayne-swan-comments-on-interest-rates-cut.mp3" length="9460088" type="audio/mpeg" />
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Global Economic Catastrophe Now Less Likely Says Reserve Bank Governor</title>
		<link>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/10/21/global-economic-catastrophe-now-less-likely-says-reserve-bank-governor.html</link>
		<comments>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/10/21/global-economic-catastrophe-now-less-likely-says-reserve-bank-governor.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Malcolm Farnsworth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reserve Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Stevens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://australianpolitics.com/?p=320</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Glenn Stevens, says the risk of a &#8220;global economic catastrophe&#8221; has declined. In an address to the Trans-Tasman Business Circle today, Stevens said: &#8220;At moments like this, it is hazardous to make predictions. However, it seems to me that the key elements of dealing with the root [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://australianpolitics.com/2008/10/21/global-economic-catastrophe-now-less-likely-says-reserve-bank-governor.html/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

