Statement on Monetary Policy August 2019

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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• The International Environment
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• Box A: Small Banks in China
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• Domestic Economic Conditions
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• Box B: The Recent Increase in Iron Ore Prices and Implications for the Australian Economy
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• Domestic Financial Conditions
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• Inflation
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• Economic Outlook
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• Appendix: Forecasts
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The material in this Statement on Monetary Policy was finalised on 8 August 2019.

Some graphs in this publication were generated using Mathematica.

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