All quiet: The Bondi Beach in Sydney during lockdown. The worsening outbreak of the Delta variant is slowing down the country’s economic rebound. — Reuters
BRISBANE: Australia’s central bankers are set to revisit the question of whether to delay a planned taper of bond purchases as a worsening outbreak of the Delta variant dims prospects of a rapid economic rebound.
Ten of 16 economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will defer scaling back quantitative easing (QE) today.
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