EconomyLIVE: Reuters NEXT Newsmaker with RBA’s Christopher Kent

The Reserve Bank of Australia is operating in a complicated economic environment. Policymakers have raised interest rates three times this year to offset a global energy shock linked to the Iran war. Those increases have fully reversed the easing delivered in 2025, which was intended to bring inflation back toward the bank’s 2% to 3% target. Assistant Governor Christopher Kent is central to advising the RBA Board and tracking how policy decisions pass through financial markets and the wider economy.