• Did the Reserve Bank cut interest rates too soon?

  • Feb 19 2025
  • Length: 21 mins
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Did the Reserve Bank cut interest rates too soon?

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  • This week on The Fin podcast, editor-at-large Michael Stutchbury and economics correspondent Michael Read on why the Reserve Bank cut rates this week, whether Bullock is ‘one and done’ and how this affects the timing of the election.

    This podcast is sponsored by IG.

    Further reading:
    RBA rate cut more about politics than economics
    After roughing up the central bank, Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers should take whatever sliver of bacon the RBA will give financially squeezed voters.
    Bullock shifts rate cut expectations after line-ball decision
    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese now has just days to decide whether to call a snap election to capitalise on the RBA rate cut or delay to woo voters further.
    RBA opens a window for the PM, but will he take the chance?
    Anthony Albanese may seek to capitalise on Tuesday’s rate cut with a March 29 election, but he could also decide that it is not enough to sway voters.

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