Rates are falling. Inflation is steady. So what now?

Update: 2025-05-22

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The Reserve Bank has cut interest rates. Inflation is under control, unemployment is low, and the forecasts say ‘steady as she goes.’

What do we do when everything works out the way we’ve planned?

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Myriam Robin - Senior Writer for the Australian Financial Review

Tom Crowley - ABC federal political reporter and previously an economist with the federal treasury

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