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One word repeated 9 times explains why the Reserve Bank cut: it's ‘coronavirus’

  • Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

Never has a virus featured so prominently in a Reserve Bank statement.

One word repeated 9 times explains why the Reserve Bank cut: it's ‘coronavirus’Reserve Bank of Australia

The word “coronavirus” is mentioned nine times in the governor’s seven-paragraph statement.

His board cut the cash rate from an all-time low of 0.75% to a new all-time low of 0.50% “to support the economy as it responds to the...

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