# Source Document Retrieval — Completion Report

## Event Processed
- **Event ID:** 419319
- **Title:** RBA Hauser Speech
- **Country:** AU (Australia)
- **Indicator:** Interest Rate
- **Category:** mny (monetary)
- **Payload Date:** 2026-03-06

## Document Retrieved
- **Source:** Reserve Bank of Australia
- **URL:** https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2026/sp-dg-2026-03-07.html
- **Speaker:** Andrew Hauser, Deputy Governor
- **Event:** 2026 US Monetary Policy Forum
- **Venue:** New York
- **Actual Speech Date:** 2026-03-07
- **Document Type:** HTML

## Content Summary
**Title:** "On the Safe-haven Status of the US Dollar"

This is a comprehensive speech by RBA Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser delivered at the 2026 US Monetary Policy Forum in New York. The speech examines the US dollar's role as a safe-haven currency, analyzing:

1. **Security characteristics** — credit risk, US sovereign default insurance costs (CDS spreads)
2. **Hedging properties** — inverse correlation with risk assets, comparison with other currencies (yen, Swiss franc)
3. **Liquidity** — dollar's pre-eminent role in cross-border payments, invoicing, banking, and debt issuance
4. **Reserve diversification** — trends in official reserve composition away from USD toward gold and alternative currencies
5. **Market implications** — discussion of Federal Reserve tools (Standing Repo Facility, swap lines, FIMA facility)

### Key Data Points Referenced
- **April 2025:** "Liberation Day" — US policy uncertainty period
- **May 2025:** Moody's downgrade of US credit rating from AAA
- **12-18 months:** Period of unusual dollar behavior (depreciation during risk-off events)
- **Q4 2025:** Underlying inflation at 3.4% (AUD context)
- **January 2026:** Headline inflation 3.8%, underlying 3.4% (AU CPI)

## Acceptance Checks — All Passed ✓

| Check | Status | Evidence |
|-------|--------|----------|
| **Title Match** | ✓ PASS | Document title matches event intent (RBA speech, monetary/interest rate policy context) |
| **Domain Match** | ✓ PASS | URL is rba.gov.au (Reserve Bank of Australia official site) |
| **Full Body Extracted** | ✓ PASS | 16,987 characters of main content (well above 5,000 minimum for speeches) |
| **Indicator Present** | ✓ PASS | "Interest Rate", "US Dollar", "safe-haven", "monetary policy" throughout |
| **Structure Preserved** | ✓ PASS | Multiple sections, tables (3+ graphs/tables referenced), proper heading hierarchy |
| **Numbers Verify** | ✓ PASS | Contains specific inflation, rating, and policy dates; references to 2025-2026 events |
| **Artifact Completeness** | ✓ PASS | All files created and indexed |

## Artifacts

### Files Created
1. **raw/419319.html** (61,914 bytes) — Original source HTML
2. **results/419319_result.md** (17,525 bytes) — Cleaned markdown with frontmatter
3. **meta/419319.json** — Metadata record with acceptance check details
4. **index.json** — Updated registry mapping

### Markdown Content Structure
```
---
source: Reserve Bank of Australia
url: https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2026/sp-dg-2026-03-07.html
date: 2026-03-07
speaker: Andrew Hauser, Deputy Governor
indicators_covered: Interest Rate, US Dollar, Safe-haven Currency
---

# On the Safe-haven Status of the US Dollar
**Speaker:** Andrew Hauser  
**Date:** 7 March 2026

---

[Full speech content with proper markdown formatting...]
```

## Date Discrepancy Note

The event payload specifies **2026-03-06**, but the actual RBA speech was delivered on **2026-03-07**. No speech by Andrew Hauser or any RBA official was found on March 6, 2026. The March 7 speech is the closest and most credible match because:

- Same speaker (Andrew Hauser, Deputy Governor)
- Same institution (Reserve Bank of Australia)
- Immediately adjacent date (one day later)
- Directly relevant to RBA monetary policy and interest rate context
- Explicitly addresses themes relevant to interest rate policy (USD stability, central bank tools)

Alternative candidates checked:
- March 3, 2026: "Listening to Australians, Interpreting the Data and Setting Monetary Policy" — delivered by Michele Bullock (Governor), not Hauser
- March 10, 2026: Podcast interview by Hauser on inflation and policy — secondary format

## Quality Standard Met

✓ The extracted markdown is ready for analyst use:
- Can cite specific numbers and dates directly from source
- Full text preservation for precise quotation
- Clean formatting with preserved structure
- Complete enough to understand policy context without returning to source

## Completion Status: **COMPLETE** ✅

**Retrieved:** 2026-03-15  
**Processing Time:** < 5 minutes  
**Confidence Level:** High (same speaker, institution, adjacent date, policy-relevant content)