CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 3 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
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Subjects: interest rates, inflation
Karl Stefanovic:
Millions of mortgage holders are watching the Reserve Bank this morning with the RBA tipped to announce the first rate hike in 2years. For more, Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, joins us now live from Canberra where no doubt he's been 'journalating' this morning.
Treasurer, good morning to you. Are you about to lose some serious economic skin today?
Jim Chalmers:
Well, I think you might be asking me to make a prediction about what the Reserve Bank might decide today. Obviously they're meeting today and they'll announce a decision later on today.
Regardless of the outcome from the Reserve Bank Board t...