Five Takeaways From RBA Governor Glenn Stevens’s Testimony

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Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens delivered his semi-annual testimony to a parliamentary panel in Brisbane today in which he indicated lower interest rates were unlikely to accelerate growth; rather, what the economy needed was a release of “animal spirits.”

1) Interest rates, which have been unchanged at a record-low 2.5 percent for the past year, are unlikely to be adjusted.