Preview of Philip Lowe, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia - to speak later

  • 8.05pm Sydney time
  • Which is 0905 GMT
  • Venue is the Australian Business Economists (ABE) Annual Dinner
  • The topic of his speech is: Some Evolving Questions, which could be anything, I guess.
  • There will also be a Q&A to follow. In the past these have been quite extensive (last year assistant governor (Economic) Chris Kent spoke on Australia's economic transition)

ANZ with what to expect:

  • Governor Lowe's speech will be a focus; and after the recent run of data disappointment - most notably the wages number - signs that the RBA has not changed its assessment of the economy should support the AUD.
  • he is likely to be asked about the growth/inflation dynamic and what it means for policy

TD Securities note the speech is at a ...

  • Targeted financial market audience for any key messages

Which is a useful heads up ...


Capital Economics;

  • RBA Governor Philip Lowe will probably once again highlight the RBA's growing confidence in the outlook for both the domestic and global economies.