It was a throwback to the 90s this week when Treasurer Josh Frydenberg borrowed former Treasurer Paul Keating’s infamous phrase: ‘It was the recession we had to have”. Listen to this week’s QPod economics podcast where QIC’s Chief Economist, Matthew Peter, dissects this announcement, covers the surge in the Aussie dollar and rates his chance out of 10 as to whether the RBA will start currency management.

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