Economics
RBA’s Lowe Comes Under Increasing Pressure to Cut Rates Below 1%
- Governor may flag further monetary easing in evening speech
- He has little choice as government focuses on budget surplus
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Australia’s central bank chief Philip Lowe faces another year of shouldering the burden of economic stimulus as the government prioritizes a budget surplus over turning around the weakest expansion in a decade.