The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) Deputy Governor Guy Debelle was out on the wires Tuesday, stating lack of conviction in negative interest rate policy as a tool to boost inflation and employment.
The central bank recently cut rates to a record low of 0.10% and has been buying bonds since the second quarter to contain the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak.
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- Don’t see much risk of inflation rising too high in the next three years.
- There is lots of uncertainty on economy
- There is long way to get back to pre-pandemic levels
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RBA’s Debelle: Does not expect a rate hike for three years
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