The Reserve Bank board's meeting on Tuesday is one of its biggest in years, with implications for federal politics, markets, and of course, the economy.
Jennifer Duke
Economics correspondent
Jennifer Duke is the associate editor for Capital Brief. She is a Walkley Award winning journalist with more than a decade's experience, specialising in economics, business and finance. She has worked for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age as economics correspondent and as a business journalist.
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