Wild swings in the oil price make the Reserve Bank’s job harder
- Written by John Hawkins, Head, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
It looks, at least for now, as though tensions in the Middle East are easing somewhat. It appears much less likely Iran will try to close the Strait of Hormuz, through which flows about a fifth of the world’s oil.
In response, oil prices have dropped to a two-week low below US$70 a barrel.
The economists at the Reserve Bank will be breathing...
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