After several years of prioritising its full-employment mandate, the Reserve Bank of Australia now ought to have a laser-like focus on returning inflation to target. This may come at the cost of an economic downturn or even a recession, but the alternative, unanchored inflation, would be worse.
Based on recent public commentary, the RBA governor and senior staff have a similar view. But it remains to be seen whether the monetary policy board does, too.
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