Senate debates

Thursday, 4 July 2019

Questions without Notice

Economy

2:25 pm

Photo of Kristina KeneallyKristina Keneally (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I ask a supplementary question. Former Treasurer Hockey also said:

We have had the extraordinary situation where the Reserve Bank has cut interest rates to record lows and consumer confidence falls. And why? Because consumers have been spooked …

Well, why wouldn't they be? Given the Reserve Bank has cut the cash rate to one per cent, is it any wonder that consumers are spooked and consumer confidence is falling?

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