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FRI, 16 OCT · 86 ITEMS
"RBA sinks $11.3b into the red after second-biggest loss on record" — AFR (Australian Financial Review) · Australia
The Reserve Bank of Australia has reported an annual loss of $11.3 billion, its second-largest ever. This loss stems largely from rising that have reduced the value of the government bonds the bought during its pandemic-era program. While central bank losses are largely accounting entries and don't affect monetary policy operations, they do reduce the RBA's ability to pay dividends to the government and can create political pressure.
The claim is highly solid as it is based directly on the RBA's official annual financial results for the 2025–26 financial year, reported by the Australian Financial Review. The AFR is a primary-source-level report on the central bank's own published data, so the headline number and framing are authoritative for that specific release.
Genuinely new: the RBA's financial year ended June 30, 2026, and this report was published on October 15, 2026, marking the first public release of these results.