The Reserve Bank’s meeting minutes always read like a school report card. If it really was one, then Australia is no longer failing.
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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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