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RBA should spell out rules on private meetings with market movers

The holding of confidential meetings can backfire when some people think that others are getting advantaged access to the central bank’s thinking.

John KehoeEconomics editor

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It is not a scandal that the Reserve Bank of Australia meets with financial market participants.

It would be more unusual if the RBA didn’t receive feedback from outsiders about the economy, financial markets and the central bank’s policies.

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John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com

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