CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 2 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
Kieran Gilbert:
Treasurer, thanks for your time. This has exceeded the market expectations slightly. You say the economy is robust and resilient. Does this mean we're going to get another hike for sure later this month? Another rate hike?
Jim Chalmers:
Well, obviously, I'm not going to pre-empt the considerations of the independent Reserve Bank. I think what we've seen today is a robust and resilient result in the face of this ongoing, quite substantial international uncertainty brought about by a conflict on the other side of the world. And so there's a lot that we have going for us in these national accounts. But we recognise that we've got some chal...