RBA linkfest
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Yes, it’s RBA madness time and what a show we have today. Fairfax has gone hog wild. The AFR seems to have deployed its entire staff to Martin Place:
- More cuts needed. Alan Mitchell
- Big cut, big risk. Philip Baker
- It’s the dollar! Jacob Greber and Laura Tingle
- It’s the Budget! Joanna Heath
- It’s the banks! George Lionidis and Vesna Poljak
- It’s the criticism! Paul Brennan and Josh Williamson
- It’s inflation! Matthew Stevens
- It’s about control! Joanna Heath
- It’s Elvis! Horror News
- But it won’t work! Ruth Liew
- Yes it will! Tony Boyd
- Whatever it is, it’s not the bank’s fault! Jennifer Hewitt
- And stocks love it! Biance Hartge-Hazelman
Whoa! Then there’s the dailies:
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- The banks won’t pass it on! Peter Martin and Chris Zappone
- Bouris says it’s the Budget. But not the Government? Mark Bouris
- It’s the interests! Ross Gittins (see above)
- Housing needs more. MORE! Elizabeth Knight
- Housing ready to bounce! BOUNCE! Andrew Wilson
- SE Australia needs more. MORE! Malcolm Maiden
- But stocks love it! Eric Johnston and Clancy Yeats
And the proto-Fairfax Business Spectator:
- It’s not panic! Stephen Bartholomeusz
- Don’t forget me! Chris Joye
A rapidly diminishing business and economics team at News mustered a paltry showing by comparison:
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- Blather about statement. Adam Creighton
- It won’t work. Adam Creighton
- Banks hold cards. Scott Murdoch
- Mortgage relief! Nicolas Perpitch
- RBA aims for sweet spot. David Uren
- Can a rate cut save the government? David Uren
- Swan bashing is what I love. Judith Sloan
- You’re all idiots! Terry McCrann
I would just like to say, in case your wondering, that this is not MB’s fault.
About the author

David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific's leading geo-politics and economics portal.
He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.
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