After overseeing a slight drop in goods inflation, the central bank has a new battlefront: services inflation has hit a two-decade high of 6.3 per cent.
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Investment banker Matthew Grounds says Philip Lowe must stay on to signal to financial markets that the Reserve Bank is committed to slaying inflation. Others disagree.