Chief economist Saul Eslake’s knack for number-crunching
Profile | 3rd June 2009
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT
Speaking Engagement | Boardroom Advisory | Commissioned Report | Expert Witness
“You are the best economic thinker in the country hands down”
Sheryle Bagwell, recently retired Senior Business Correspondent (and sometime Executive Producer),
ABC Radio National Breakfast
“Just want to congratulate you Saul on the unbelievably good set of slides you just presented, possibly the best I have ever seen. You have set the bar very high.”
Dr Joe Flood, Adjunct Fellow, RMIT University, Pandemicia
“Thank you very much for your excellent presentation for the Economic Society today. It is always a great pleasure to hear your eloquent, up-to-date and comprehensive talks.”
Andrew Trembath, economist, Victorian and Australian Government agencies
WHAT'S NEW
Most Recent Articles, Talks and Presentations
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Housing
17th April 2024
Could China have a currency crisis at some point in the next 2-5 years?
Asian Economies, The Global Economy, Topics
16th April 2024
“The Great Housing Disaster – Who’s to Blame?”
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Housing, Recent Media Interview, Topics
15th April 2024
The Economic Consequences of Surges in Immigration
Australian Society and Politics, The Australian Economy, The Global Economy, Topics
10th April 2024
Is China heading for some kind of currency or financial crisis?
Asian Economies, The Global Economy
4th April 2024
The next four years will be difficult for Tasmania
News, Tasmania
27th March 2024
Some initial reflections on the outcome of the 2024 Tasmanian State election
Australian Society and Politics, Tasmania
24th March 2024
Tasmania’s fiscal position
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Recent Media Interview, Tasmania
24th March 2024
Productivity, Tax Reform and ‘Peak China’
Asian Economies, Economic Policies, Productivity, Taxation, The Australian Economy
13th March 2024
Tasmania – lost opportunities
Tasmania
12th March 2024
The Tasmanian Economy
Tasmania
29th February 2024
The worst public policy decision of the 21st Century
Economic Policies, Recent Media Interview
20th February 2024
Is ‘price gouging’ a major contributor to inflation?
Recent Media Interview
19th February 2024
The massive $50bn GST revenue distribution blow out (with Andy Park)
Economic Policies, Recent Media Interview
14th February 2024
The massive $50bn GST revenue distribution blow out (with Gary Adshead)
Economic Policies, Recent Media Interview
14th February 2024
PUBLICATIONS
Here you can find articles or essays which I have written and which have been published elsewhere
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Publications, The Australian Economy | 23rd May 2022
Who are the ‘better managers’ of Australia’s economy?
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Publications, The Australian Economy | 21st April 2022
The costs and consequences of ‘small business fetishism’
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Publications, Taxation, The Australian Economy | 10th December 2021
A chat with Alan Kohler
Economic Video, Publications | 19th October 2021
Old wine in new bottles: more ‘rent-seeking’ from South Australian manufacturing interests
Economic Policies, Publications, The Australian Economy | 17th September 2021
NEWS
TV, Radio & Print Media
News, Tasmania | 27th March 2024
The prospects for RBA’s cash rate reductions in the second half of 2024
News, Recent Media Interview, The Australian Economy | 2nd January 2024
The Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO)
Economic Policies, News, The Australian Economy | 13th December 2023
September quarter national accounts and their implications for the Reserve Bank of Australia’s monetary policy
Economic Policies, Economic Video, News, Recent Media Interview, The Australian Economy | 6th December 2023
Danielle Wood must help undo GST deal
News, Taxation, The Australian Economy | 30th November 2023
TESTIMONIALS
What Others Say
“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
LINKS
Useful Links
Below is a list of links I’ve found useful under the following broad topics
- Data and policy
- Australian economic data
- Australian economic policy makers
- Overseas and international economic statistics
- Economic journalists, economists and academics
- Australian economic journalists
- Australian economists and academics
- Overseas economists, journalists and academics