MEDIA RELEASE No: 2000-04 Date: 2 February 2000 Embargo: For Immediate Release

STATEMENT BY THE GOVERNOR, MR IAN MACFARLANE

MONETARY POLICY STATEMENT - 2 FEBRUARY

The Reserve Bank confirmed that the text of the Monetary Policy Statement which had been pre-loaded onto a computer for release at 9.30 am (AEST) was inadvertently sent by e-mail at 9.24 am to the 64 recipients who were on the Reserve Bank Media Release mailing list.

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