RBA made the right call

RBA made the right call – economist

“If the RBA hadn't cut, it would have been much harder to get inflation back up to the 2-3% range.” – Paul Dales tells NBR Radio. With special feature audio.

jason Walls
Wed, 04 May 2016

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to cut its official cash rate to 1.75% was the right move, an economist says.

Capital Economics chief New Zealand and Australian economist Paul Dales says the trigger for the RBA’s cut was low inflation.

“Not just because inflation has been low, it’s

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