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The limitations of central banks and living and developing on floodplains
Interest rates are on the rise not just here in Australia but in other parts of the globe as central banks and governments grapple with rising inflat…
3 years, 8 months ago
Thirty years of superannuation and from free to fair markets
In 1992, the Keating Government passed the Superannuation Guarantee Act insuring at the time retirement savings to seventy two percent of workers. Th…
3 years, 8 months ago
Energy and capacity mechanisms; the RBA interest rates and jobs and insurance companies and online data
Energy capacity mechanisms, what are they and what are the concerns about them and why is the Australia's Institute Polly Hemming slightly optimistic…
3 years, 8 months ago
Consumer sentiment, the cost of gun violence in the US and the price of vegetables
Interest rates are rising and not just in Australia. So how do people feel about the economy and their own financial situation? Bill Evans, Chief Eco…
3 years, 8 months ago
Energy costs, monetary policy and who is the better economic manager
The Grattan Institute's director of energy, Tony Wood, provides his analysis of this week's energy minister's meeting and why an integrated energy an…
3 years, 9 months ago
RBA review; infrastructure spend and improving public service delivery
Twelve of Australia's prominent economists penned an open letter to the new Treasurer Jim Chalmers about what they want to see in the promised review…
3 years, 9 months ago
A new government and a new approach to climate and industrial relations and a re-set on global trade
We have a new government so where does it stand on the big issues like climate and industrial relations? Anna Skarbek, CEO of Climateworks Centre dis…
3 years, 9 months ago
Federal election and what isn't being discussed and red book, blue book
It has been a very long election campaign so is it possible there are areas that haven't been discussed by the major political parties? Richard Holde…
3 years, 9 months ago
The global economy; the deficit issue and what can be done about manufacturing
How do you know when we're in a global recession? Well, there's no precise rule but the economies of China, US and Europe are all facing challenges a…
3 years, 9 months ago
Interest rates; unemployment stats and global military spend
In the wake of this weeks RBA increase in interest rates, how difficult is it to forecast in uncertain times? Former economist at the RBA and lecture…
3 years, 10 months ago