Did Anthony Albanese just cement a third interest rate hike in May by cutting the fuel excise?
by Patrick Commins from World news | The Guardian on (#74K2D)
Injecting $1.5bn via petrol subsidies into an inflated economy may change things for the Reserve Bank board at its next meeting
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Economists will say that what millions of motorists gain in cheaper fuel through the prime minister's three-month fuel excise cut, they will lose in more expensive mortgages.
It may be good politics, but injecting $1.5bn via petrol subsidies into an economy that is already struggling with a resurgent inflationary problem is not going to make the Reserve Bank of Australia's job any easier.
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