Mostly because they didn't think it through. It is very likely that the move was taken almost unilaterally by the Prime Minister on the advice of a maverick, wi

Mostly because they didn't think it through. It is very likely that the move was taken almost unilaterally by the Prime Minister on the advice of a maverick, without really taking into confidence the cabinet or the Reserve Bank as the subsequent missteps and fumbles by the government such as the ATM calibration fiasco show.