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Why the RBA rate cut was a head-scratcher

There was a gap in logic between the decision and the explanation. That is why the new communications arrangements can’t come soon enough.

19.02.2025 6

Financial Review

John Simon

Don’t turn the RBA’s private talks into a fishbowl

Not allowing the central bank to test its thinking with people in financial markets will leave us with much less well-informed monetary policy...

01.10.2024 50

Financial Review

John Simon

After working for the RBA for 30 years, here’s how I’d make it more accountable

How can we tell if the Reserve Bank of Australia – which sets the interest rates that shape our national and household budgets – is doing a good...

02.09.2024 10

The Conversation

John Simon