No, the RBA review won't mean handing the bank's decisions to part-time outsiders

  • Written by: Renee McKibbin, Professor of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

Misinformation is circulating about recommendations concerning the Reserve Bank board made by the RBA Review, of which I was a member.

Among the claims are that the new monetary policy board we have proposed would “weaken” incoming governor Michele Bullock’s power over interest rates, and that giving part-time appointees majority...

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