Statement on Monetary Policy November 2017

The Statement on Monetary Policy sets out the Bank's assessment of current economic conditions, both domestic and international, along with the outlook for Australian inflation and output growth. A number of boxes on topics of special interest are also published. The Statement is issued four times a year.

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• Overview
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• International Economic Developments
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• Box A: The Chinese Steel Market and Demand for Bulk Commodities
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• International and Foreign Exchange Markets
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• Box B: Chinese Direct Investment in Australia
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• Box C: Foreign Currency Exposure and Hedging in Australia
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• Domestic Economic Conditions
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• Domestic Financial Markets
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• Inflation
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• Box D: Updated Weights for the Consumer Price Index
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• Economic Outlook
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The material in this Statement on Monetary Policy was finalised on 9 November 2017.

Some graphs in this publication were generated using Mathematica.

ISSN 1448–5133 (Print)
ISSN 1448–5141 (Online)