SAUL ESLAKE

Economist

SAUL ESLAKE

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I’m an independent economist, speaker, company director
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Saul talks to Tasmania Talks’ Aaron Stevens about the 2020-21 Tasmanian Budget

News, Tasmania | 13th November 2020

Saul talks to Tasmania Talks’ Aaron Stevens about the 2020-21 Tasmanian Budget Interview recorded on 13th November 2020


An analysis of the 2020-21 Tasmanian State Budget

Tasmania | 12th November 2020

An analysis of the 2020-21 Tasmanian State Budget presented by Tasmanian Premier and Treasurer Peter Gutwein on 12th November 2020


Regulatory action that ANZ would not like

Australian Society and Politics, Publications, The Australian Economy | 8th November 2020

Last month, a senior Minister in the Morrison Government threatened my former employer, ANZ Bank, with adverse regulatory actions because a well-known employee with the initials “SE” (in this case, the current CEO Shayne Elliott) said something that the Minister didn’t like. This brought back fond memories, which I couldn’t help writing about .


Video & Presentation Slide: Preview of the US Presidential and Congressional elections

The Global Economy, US Economy Video, Video | 28th October 2020

Presentation slide for Preview of the US Presidential and Congressional elections, 28th October 2020.


The Tasmanian Economy and the Path to Recovery

Tasmania | 26th October 2020

Address to the Tasmanian Governance Forum, Hobart, 26th October


The beef industry and the economy

Tasmania | 23rd October 2020

Presentation to the King Island Beef Producers’ Group “Beef Day 2020” at Currie, King Island (at the western end of Bass Strait), 23rd October 2020


Impact of negative net immigration

News, Topics | 22nd October 2020

Saul talks to the London Financial Times about the effects of the collapse in immigration to Australia forecast in the recent 2020-21 Budget


VIC Lockdown Fines Outdo Other States

Australian Society and Politics, News, Topics | 11th October 2020

Interview with Sky News Australia, 10th October 2020 Victorians payed $2.2m more in COVID fines than rest of Australia combined during first lockdown Economist Saul Eslake has discovered Victorians during the first lockdown payed almost $6 million in fines for allegedly breaching COVID restrictions, $2.2 million more than the rest of the country combined. “Let […]


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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

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