Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)

Australia’s growth has slowed to a crawl this year as elevated interest rates — currently at a 13-year high of 4.35% — have hurt consumer spending.

Australia’s financial regulators are engaging with the industry to understand and monitor the adoption of artificial intelligence.

The other central banks are the Reserve Bank of Australia, Bank of Korea and Bank Negara Malaysia.

At its first meeting of the year, the Reserve Bank lifted the cash rate to 3.35%, the highest level since September 2012.

(Sept 8): Chinese regulators this week dealt a huge blow to the cryptocurrency market after the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) banned initial coin offerings (ICO) and asked all related fundraising activity to be halted immediately.

SYDNEY (Oct 10): For autoparts maker Brian Hughes, the shock of Australia's car industry closing down could have meant the end of his business. Instead, he reconfigured his facility to make machinery for the booming food and building sectors while bol