Rate reprieve a ‘good thing’, PM says, as speculation mounts around Lowe’s future

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Rate reprieve a ‘good thing’, PM says, as speculation mounts around Lowe’s future
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Anthony Albanese has welcomed the Reserve Bank’s decision to give households a reprieve from interest rate rises as “a good thing”, as the Opposition stepped up its pressure on the government to do more to fight inflation.

are among those being considered for the governor role, along with monetary policy experts from overseas.

As the opposition repeated its calls for the government to rein spending, Albanese said the government had banked most of the savings from the budget surpluses rather than providing more cost-of-living relief to households. Hume said thousands of Australian households would be “breathing a sigh of relief” as a result of the RBA’s decision but the government was too reliant on the bank to do “all the heavy lifting” in fighting inflation.

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