Deputy dogfight in the RBA corral

According to this recent article from The Sydney Morning Herald, two empty boardroom chairs at the Reserve Bank of Australia will present a rare visible sign of tensions between the central bank and Canberra.

"There are some in Canberra who think the bank should do more to "widen its gene pool". They believe it could foster a culture that is more outward-looking, heterogeneous and prone to challenging rather than admiring the governor of the day," it says.

"If [Australian Treasurer Peter] Costello

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