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Insights on Asian Elections 2024 mentioned in The Economist
Asian Economies | 30th January 2024Saul Eslake: A couple of weeks ago I gave a presentation to colleagues in ICCBE previewing this year’s Asian elections (Taiwan, now done, Indonesia in just over two weeks, and India in April-May). I was delighted when The Economist’s Adam Roberts picked up some of my comments on India and posted them in his Sunday’s newsletter on 28th January 2024
Alternatives to interest rates
Economic Policies, Recent Media Interview, The Australian Economy | 29th January 2024Saul Eslake: Some weeks ago, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)’s Fiona Blackwood asked me to respond to a series of questions from listeners and viewers about possible alternatives to raising interestr ates as a way of tackling inflation. These were all very good questions, which deserved serious and thoughtful answers – which is what I hope I have provided here …
Reflections on ‘Australia Day’
Australian Society and Politics | 26th January 2024I am working today, as I have done every 26th January since 1994, when then Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett (I was living in Melbourne at the time) ordained that the ‘Australia Day’ holiday would be observed on the 26th January, rather than on the Monday nearest to that date, as it had previously been for […]
‘Stage 3’ tax cuts
Economic Policies, Recent Media Interview, The Australian Economy | 25th January 2024Saul Eslake talks to ABC Radio Central Victoria’s Fiona Parker about the Government’s changes to the ‘Stage 3’ tax cuts originally legislated by the former Morrison Government, and what they might mean for different groups of taxpayers, and for inflation and interest rates.
The proposed changes to the “stage 3 tax cuts”
Economic Policies, Recent Media Interview, The Australian Economy | 24th January 2024Saul Eslake talks to the Seven Network’s “Sunrise” hosts Natalie Barr and Matt Shervington on 24 Jan 2024 about the Government’s proposed changes to the “stage 3 tax cuts” originally legislated by the Morrison Government back in 2019, and which the current government had previously promised to “deliver in full”.
Don’t count your chickens when it comes to an RBA rate cut
Recent Media Interview, The Australian Economy | 23rd January 2024Saul Eslake talks to Ausbiz’ Danielle Ecuyer about the economic costs and benefits of immigration, the outlook for inflation and unemployment, and the prospects of RBA interest rate cuts in 2024.
Have we passed ‘peak China’?
Asian Economies | 23rd January 2024Saul Eslake’s presentation to colleagues in Independent Economics, which argues that China’s sluggish recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic isn’t just a ‘cylical’ thing, but rather reflects longer-term factors (as well as policy choices) which are likely to result in China’s economy growing by well under 5% per annum in the years ahead, and possibly under […]
Cost of Living and Housing Pressure
Recent Media Interview, The Australian Economy | 22nd January 2024Saul Eslake talks to 4BC’s Bill McDonald about possible options for ‘cost of living’ relief, the tax treatment of property investors, and why he gave Treasurer Jim Chalmers a ‘7 out of 10’ rating in a poll of economists conducted by the Australian Financial Review.
