SAUL ESLAKE

Economist

SAUL ESLAKE

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I’m an independent economist, consultant, speaker,
and Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Tasmania’

Yearly Archives: 2020


Impact of Covid-19 to the Global and Australian Economies – September 2020

Asian Economies, The Australian Economy, The Global Economy | 7th September 2020

Online presentation slides: the Impact of Covid-19 to the Global and Australian Economies 7th September 2020  



Tasmania’s post-Covid economy: what’s out there

Tasmania | 5th September 2020

Talk to a Multi-Cultural Economic Participation Forum in Hobart on Saturday 5th September 2020


Covid-19 ends Australia’s 28-year run without a recession. Economy contracts a record 7% in the second quarter

News | 2nd September 2020

Comment on Australia’s Q2 GDP result in the Financial Times 2nd September 2020


Shift economic policy from survival towards growth and rebuilding

Economic Policies, Publications | 1st September 2020

Interview published in Governance Directions, the magazine of the Governance Institute of Australia (which is the professional association in Australia for company secretaries, risk managers and other governance professionals)  




Youth Unemployment – what, and what not, to do about it

Economic Policies, The Australian Economy | 24th August 2020

Remarks to a panel discussion at the Youth Futures (Virtual) Summit hosted by the National Youth Commission of Australia on Monday 24th August 2020