# LIVE: Reuters NEXT Newsmaker with RBA’s Christopher Kent

https://mins.news/en/video/20731

- Reuters, 2026-08-13 00:19 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8f7uqSq4Qs

> 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.

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