Warwick McKibbin

The policies to be implemented by the Trump Administration are yet to be clear but the range of spending proposals on defence and infrastructure and company and household tax cuts imply very large fiscal deficits and excess demand at a time the Fed was already likely to be raising interest rates. This suggests rising short term and long term interest rates in the US which inevitably will pull up interest rate in Australia.

Outcome date: 
Monday 06 February 2017
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Surname: 
McKibbin

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