Banker kings move to control RBA and Treasury

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Via the AFR:

Shayne Elliott, the chief executive of one of the country’s biggest banks, has called on federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to convene a summit to discuss the broader economic implications of zero per cent interest rates and quantitative easing.

Mr Elliott, who is the CEO of ANZ Banking Group and chairman of the Australian Bankers Association, said the summit would be an opportunity to gather in one room representatives from the Treasury, the Reserve Bank of Australia, the main regulators, the big four banks, the regional banks and others to discuss issues surrounding the move in Australia toward zero per cent interest rates.

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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.