When Michele Bullock starts her new job on Monday she will be the Reserve Bank of Australia’s ninth governor since “Nugget” Coombs was appointed in 1960 to lead the newly formed institution.
In the 63 years that have followed, inflation has been as high as 18 per cent and as low as -1 per cent as the economy navigated booms and busts.
Michael ReadEconomics correspondentMichael Read is the Financial Review's economics correspondent, reporting from the federal press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at UBS. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.read@afr.com
