Economics
RBA Governor Lowe Says He’ll Champion Women in His Central Bank
- Reserve Bank of Australia chief discusses gender diversity
- Females hold less than a third of RBA’s managerial roles
Philip Lowe.
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Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe prides himself on trying to fully answer questions leveled at him in public. It turned out to be a query from his family that flummoxed him.
Lowe’s 15-year-old daughter came home from school with a burning question that would leave an impression on the RBA chief: what was he doing to make sure women have equal chances at the central bank?