Australia cenbank head says Fed unlikely to hike rates until late 2015

SYDNEY, March 7 (Reuters) - Australia's central bank head said on Friday he suspected the U.S. Federal Reserve will probably not raise U.S. interest rates until late in 2015.

Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens made the remarks in his twice-yearly parliamentary testimony.

(Reporting by Wayne Cole; Editing by Paul Tait)

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