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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Peter Hannam Economics correspondent

RBA review has ‘opened the door’ to moving away from inflation focus, panellist says

Reserve Bank of Australia head office in central Sydney, Australia
The RBA review found targeting income ‘may, in theory, perform as well or better in some circumstances’ than aiming for an inflation outcome. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters

The review of the Reserve Bank of Australia has “opened the door” for a potential shift away from targeting inflation using interest rates, one of the review panellists says.

Renee Fry-McKibbin told an event on Monday that the panellists had examined “a lot of alternative frameworks” but it would fall to future reviews to discuss ditching the bank’s current goal of aiming to keep inflation between 2% and 3%.

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