Stoking public fear over crime was effective for Donald Trump in securing the US presidency in both 2016 and 2024. In Australia, that approach has been less potent.

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As the Reserve Bank is tipped to deliver its second rate cut this cycle, the greatest uncertainty overhanging the world economy is America, once the bedrock of global financial stability.

The Reserve Bank has cut interest rates amid greater confidence that the inflation battle is won, and will remain won, even if borrowing rates fall further from here.