Australian Rate Cut a Template

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The Reserve Bank of Australia's decisiveness in slicing a full point from its policy rate could prove the template for more concerted central-bank action going into the G-7 meeting at the weekend in Washington, D.C.

Undoubtedly, the Aussies were moved only by domestic pressures to shore up their faltering but still relatively healthy economy and banking system. And ...

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