RBA's Ellis - high household debt is a risk in the event of an economic shock
|Reserve Bank of Australia's Assistant Governor (Economic) Luci Ellis, while speaking at the Australian Business Economists (ABE) Lunchtime Briefing, said the high household debt in Australia is a risk in the event of an economic shock.
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Policy globally will have to stay expansionary should inflation remain low
Global wage growth and inflation will pick up, but may take some time
Hunt for yield less of a risk now rates are starting to rise globally
Geopolitical risk in Asia has increased, while lessening in the euro area
Expects global economic expansion to last for a while
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