The Reserve Bank of Australia kept interest rates unchanged at 3.00%, as expected. RBA Governor Glenn Stevens sounded cautiously optimistic, saying the evidence suggested the global economy was “stabilizing” as after most countries committed to aggressive stimulus measures. Stevens suggested that signs of recovery were clearest in China and some other emerging market countries. However, the RBA chief warned that global financial markets remain fragile and credit remains tight. Most significantly, Stevens said that although “monetary policy has been eased significantly…the prospect of inflation declining over the medium term suggests that scope remains for some further [interest rate cuts]”.
