RBA Opens Door to Board Member Speeches in Transparency Push

Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000The Reserve Bank of Australia’s monetary policy board members will begin delivering public speeches this year, in a shift aimed at boosting transparency around rate decisions and the views behind them.Academic Ian Harper — who already gives media interviews in a personal capacity — and business leader Carolyn Hewson will deliver their first speeches in the coming months, according to an RBA spokesperson. The other four external members will make their respective debuts later this year or next.