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What will change if the RBA governor is sacked

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The Right Person to Lead the Reserve Bank?

Phil Lowe is an exceptional economist and absolutely dedicated to public policy. The Treasurer will have to weigh up having had discussions with Phil and any other candidates. All of the people that are on that list have either worked at the RBA or have been, in the case of Stephen Kennedy, being on the RBA board. It's a very high profile position with a lot of prestige that carries with it. I think early on there was speculation about getting someone from another country, a foreign central banker who could come in. But we haven't heard any more about that,. which suggests that potentially they haven't been able to find someone in that regard. So then it really does come down to someone

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