{"id":4159,"date":"2012-04-22T22:38:43","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T02:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=4159"},"modified":"2012-04-22T22:38:43","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T02:38:43","slug":"warwick-mckibbin-on-australian-interest-rates-and-the-fate-of-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/22\/warwick-mckibbin-on-australian-interest-rates-and-the-fate-of-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"Warwick McKibbin on Australian interest rates and the fate of manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Warwick McKibbin from ANU on the Australian economy, interest rates, the RBA and the fate of manufacturing:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OOzJWCDZ8zg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hat tip to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macrobusiness.com.au\/author\/david\/\" title=\"Macrobusiness: Houses and Holes\" target=\"_blank\">Houses and Holes<\/a> at Macrobusiness.com.au.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Warwick McKibbin from ANU on the Australian economy, interest rates, the RBA and the fate of manufacturing: Hat tip to Houses and Holes at Macrobusiness.com.au.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,5],"tags":[1858,2204,2860,3646],"class_list":["post-4159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia-nz-countries-regions","category-economy","tag-interest-rates","tag-manufacturing-2","tag-rba","tag-warwick-mckibbin"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Warwick McKibbin on Australian interest rates and the fate of manufacturing - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Warwick McKibbin on Australian interest rates and the fate of manufacturing - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Professor Warwick McKibbin from ANU on the Australian economy, interest rates, the RBA and the fate of manufacturing: Hat tip to Houses and Holes at Macrobusiness.com.au.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/22\/warwick-mckibbin-on-australian-interest-rates-and-the-fate-of-manufacturing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61572934660810\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/people\/The-Patient-Investor\/61572934660810\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-04-23T02:38:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Colin Twiggs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Colin Twiggs\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/04\\\/22\\\/warwick-mckibbin-on-australian-interest-rates-and-the-fate-of-manufacturing\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/04\\\/22\\\/warwick-mckibbin-on-australian-interest-rates-and-the-fate-of-manufacturing\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Colin Twiggs\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d42b18d516a80149d739845749ac6454\"},\"headline\":\"Warwick McKibbin on Australian interest rates and the fate of manufacturing\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-04-23T02:38:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/2012\\\/04\\\/22\\\/warwick-mckibbin-on-australian-interest-rates-and-the-fate-of-manufacturing\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":44,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"interest rates\",\"manufacturing\",\"RBA\",\"Warwick McKibbin\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Australia &amp; 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