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The RBA has a new brain. It has thoughts on what'll happen after interest rates hit zero

  • Written by Isaac Gross, Lecturer, Monash University
The RBA has a new brain. It has thoughts on what'll happen after interest rates hit zeroMARTIN is helping the Reserve Bank see beyond its headquarters in Martin Place. And it's open source, giving outsiders an insight into its thinking.Shutterstock

MARTIN stands for “Macroeconomic Relationships for Targeting Inflation”, or perhaps merely for “Martin Place” which is the location of the Reserve Bank’s...

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