House debates Questions without Notice

Economy

Tuesday, 20 October 2009 House of Representatives

Malcolm Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition

2:52 pm

My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to today’s Reserve Bank board minutes on the decision of 6 October to raise interest rates. The minutes state:

… the balance of risks was now such that the current very expansionary setting of policy was no longer necessary, and possibly imprudent.

Isn’t it the case, Treasurer, that the current very expansionary setting of fiscal policy is also no longer necessary, and possibly imprudent?

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