Paul Bloxham: HSBC chief economist on the RBA increasing the OCR for the second month in a row

from Best of Business · host Newstalk ZB

Over in Australia, the Reserve Bank bumped the OCR up to 4.1 percent, up by 0.25 percentage points. This is the second significant hike it two months, and it's got experts speculating about what this means for the economy on the whole. HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham wondered what this could mean for other global markets.  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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