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Who will be the next RBA Governor?

Press reports suggest that Department of Finance Secretary Jenny Wilkinson is the front-runner to become the next Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, though Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy and RBA Deputy Governor Michelle Bullock are in the running, too. Kennedy would probably adopt a more dovish stance than current Governor Lowe, but the influence of any incoming Governor may be curtailed once the government implements the recent RBA review

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