Glenn Stevens

Recent Highlights

• Last week that Australia does not have a serious debt, but that ... Destructive politics - Abbott style Long past memories do fade, but can anyone remember a period in federal politics when there was more destructive behaviour from an opposition than we are suffering today? Last week ... The Political Sword - 6 days, 15 hours ago  
• Undermined one of the key Coalition election policy planks, declaring Australia has ... Reserve Bank undercuts Abbott's campaign on debt RESERVE Bank Governor Glenn Stevens has undermined one of the key Coalition election policy planks, declaring Australia has ''virtually no net public debt''. Queensland Country Life - 1 week, 2 days ago  
• Keeping a close eye on the bloated balance sheets of central banks ... Watching central banks' weight RBA governor Glenn Stevens is keeping a close eye on the bloated balance sheets of central banks around the world, and he's seeing a blurring of the lines between governments, ... Business Spectator economy - 1 week, 3 days ago  
• At a lunch in Sydney yesterday, after he had made the keynote ... The Economy: RBA Will Lift Rates, If That Is Needed As we said in Monday's Air, the outlook for interest rates will proceed according to a fixed timetable, with the first items on the list happening yesterday with the release ... ASX Newbie - 1 week, 3 days ago  
• Pulled out the floor from under one of the Coalition's key election ... The Gov spells it out - these are the things that will make me push up rates on August 3 And he doesn't think much of Tony Abbott's economics - more on that below The Reserve Bank has prepared the way for a extraordinary mid-campaign rate hike, spelling out in ... Peter Martin - Economics, Canberra - 1 week, 3 days ago  
• Challenged the view that new prudential standards for banks, which will result ... Stevens challenges lower growth outlook Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens has challenged the view that new prudential standards for banks, which will result in a higher cost of intermediation, will lead to a reduction in ... Banking Day - 1 week, 4 days ago  
• Confirmed he won't shy away from lifting interest rates, even as the ... Rate fate: RBA won't shirk from election hike The Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens has confirmed he won't shy away from lifting interest rates, even as the election campaign is underway. In a speech in Sydney, he warned ... PM - 1 week, 4 days ago