Economics

RBA’s Harper Says Australia ‘Way Off’ an Asset-Price Bubble

  • Decision on further QE will depend on objectives, global peers
  • Australian central bank board’s vote is ‘not always unanimous’
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Reserve Bank board member Ian Harper said Australia’s unemployment is too high and the economy has too much lost activity for monetary stimulus to be fueling excessive stock and property valuations.