‘Failed country’: RBA boss shock reveal of Jim Chalmers interview

RBA deputy governor Andrew Hauser has revealed one of the questions he feared during an interview for the job with Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman The Reserve Bank’s deputy governor has dropped a private bombshell over a brutal grilling he expected from Treasurer Jim Chalmers – and it’s not what you’d expect. RBA second-in-command Andrew Hauser – the straight-talking ex-Bank of England chief who swapped London for Sydney – opened up about how he landed the top job alongside Governor Michele Bullock. MORE: 51 banks in sub-6 per cent zone Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Andrew Hauser appearing before the House Economics Committee at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman Mr Hauser revealed he fully expected Dr Chalmers to question what Australia could learn from someone coming out of the UK’s years of economic turmoil. “I did think when I came and had the interview with the Treasurer here, that his first question was going to be, and I think should have been, ‘what the hell have we got to learn from someone from such a failed country as you coming here to a place with such great success?’” Mr Hauser said. “He never did ask ...