SAUL ESLAKE

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SAUL ESLAKE

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Yearly Archives: 2009


ANZ’s Eslake highlights focus on China

Profile | 7th August 2009

Jordan Chong | Sydney Morning Herald | 7th August 2009 Outgoing ANZ Banking Group Ltd chief economist Saul Eslake says the enormous thirst for knowledge about China has been one of the biggest changes he has seen during his 14 years in the job. Mr Eslake, who leaves the bank next week, said all anybody […]


ANZ head economist discusses big bank experience

Profile | 30th July 2009

Interview with Ali Moore of ABC-TV’s Lateline Business program, 30th July 2009


Is the US Dollar in Danger of Losing its Reserve Currency Status?

The Global Economy | 3rd July 2009

Presentation to the International Conference of Commercial Bank Economists (ICCBE) in Munich, Germany, 3rd July 2009


Outlook for Asian economies

Asian Economies | 1st July 2009

Presentation to the International Conference of Commercial Bank Economists (ICCBE) in Munich, Germany, 1st July 2009


China and the New Economic Order

Asian Economies | 17th June 2009

Festival of Ideas, Melbourne, 17th June 2009


Dr Peter and Mr Costello

News | 16th June 2009

Tim Colebatch | Sydney Morning Herald | 16th June 2009 WE thought we knew Peter Costello well, and in a sense we did: the tall blond guy with the swagger of self-confidence, the master of the wounding jibe, the frowning, serious treasurer in a dark blue suit, the fluent wit and speaker. All these were […]


‘Renaissance Man’: Keynes, Contemporary Economic Problems and the Arts

The Arts | 11th June 2009

Address to a luncheon hosted by The Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce and The Australian Business Arts Foundation, 11th June 2009


Chief economist Saul Eslake’s knack for number-crunching

Profile | 3rd June 2009

Richard Fidler | ABC Conversations with Richard Fidler | 3rd June 2009


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Sheryle Bagwell, recently retired Senior Business Correspondent (and sometime Executive Producer),
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Dr Joe Flood, Adjunct Fellow, RMIT University, Pandemicia


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Andrew Trembath, economist, Victorian and Australian Government agencies


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“You are one of the best at what you do in the world”
Gail Fosler, Chief Economist, The Conference Board, New York, December 2002

“I have never known an economist to have such a knowledge of world economic facts and to be able to bring to bear so much information in answering a question without notice”
Charles Goode, Chairman, ANZ Bank, July 2009

“Saul Eslake is … a highly regarded independent economist with the highest degree of integrity"
John Durie, Columnist, The Australian, July 2009

“… one of the few people in this world who can have so many oranges up in the air at the same time but still manage to catch them"
Andrew Clark, journalist, Australian Financial Review, November 2008

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