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Feb 2024
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Is the RBA making the right decisions, w...

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Changes came and new decision makers were brought in, but is it working? Are the decisions around interest rates really have the desired outcome? And if not, what should they be doing instead? 

Scott Phillips sits down with return guest Stephen Koukoulas to talk all things Aussie economics. 

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