RBA’s Hunter comments on housing market, not directly on the economy or monetary policy

Sarah Hunter is Chief Economist and Assistant Governor (Economic) at the Reserve Bank of Australia

Her speech discussed several potential avenues through which the imbalance between housing supply and demand growth may be resolved. This is a big issue in Australia, with surging prices, rents, and homelessness.

For AUD traders though, nothing really here. Perhaps in any Q&A to follow. We’ll see.

The speech is here:

• Housing Market Cycles and Fundamentals

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.