Reserve Bank of Australia's Luci Ellis, Assistant Governor (Economic), at the Melbourne Institute 2018 Economic and Social Outlook Conference
- says policy needs to be expansionary
- can take a while for spare capacity to be absorbed
- monetary policy cannot increase economy's speed limit, productivity
- has concerns high productivity 'superstar-firms' could become monopolies
- leading-edge tech creating a barrier to entry in some industries
- trend could slow innovation and growth in living standards
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Ellis better look out, saying things like "policy needs to be expansionary" …. Trump may call on her to lead the Fed :-D