Why the Abbott budget was the perfect political poison
This article first appeared in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/11/why-the-abbott-budget-was-the-perfect-political-poison Why the Abbott [...]
The basic economics of the carbon price
One of the most basic economic issues overlooked when it [...]
Gross government debt hits $323 billion
Since the election in September 2013, the Abbott government borrowing [...]
A soggy labour market points to easier policy
The less than robust news on the Australian economy continues [...]
Falling real wages
This article first appeared in the Melbourne Review on 6 [...]
It’s crunch time for the RBA
It is crunch time for monetary policy in Australia with [...]
As the economy hits the wall, the RBA moves to cut interest rates
The recent run of data continues to point to a [...]
2014 forecasts – half way through and it’s a mixed bag
In December last year, I outlined my forecasts for parts [...]
The house price rebound
So the smart people like Louis Christopher from SQM Research [...]
The RBA – to hike or cut, that is the question
The chances that the next move in interest rates will [...]