New RBA governor will need hawkish credentials
With Jim Chalmers set to announce a new central bank head within days, Philip Lowe will be reading the room and preparing for his exit.
James Glynn
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Ousting Lowe will raise RBA red flags
There will be anxieties about the next person to take the seat, and their willingness to push back on pressure from Canberra.
It’s time Treasurer chooses RBA successor
Treasurer Jim Chalmers must reveal who will lead the Reserve Bank beyond September when current governor Philip Lowe’s term expires.
The recession we have to have?
The governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia has started to talk about a narrowing path for the economy, and the need for a more potent tonic to cool inflation.
RBA’s anxiety about wage growth drives rate hike
The RBA’s central narrative that it can afford to wait another two years before inflation falls back to within the 2 per cent to 3 per cent target band, might soon be tossed out entirely.
RBA’s Lowe will welcome budget
While Philip Lowe will give the budget his tick of approval, he harbours deeper worries about the economy and the direction of government policy that the fiscal statement does little to address.
New RBA board may get a hostile reception
Australians can act very childishly when it comes to responding to the often uncomfortable policy decisions made by its central bank.
Reserve Bank overhaul brings new communication risks
The RBA’s current structure looks quirky, but Jim Chalmers is tampering with a board that delivered economic growth for 28 years.
Pause likely, but the RBA isn’t finished inflicting rate pain
Any pause in the RBA’s campaign of rate rises will be laced with a reminder it’s not finished tapping the policy brakes just yet.
Australia’s secret weapon in war on inflation
Soft wage-growth data has kept alive the idea Australia might be different from the rest of the world in its ability to fight inflation.
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