SAUL ESLAKE

Economist

SAUL ESLAKE

‘Welcome to my website …
I’m an independent economist, consultant, speaker,
and Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Tasmania’

Yearly Archives: 2021


The Future of Super

Economic Policies, News, The Australian Economy | 16th July 2021

Saul discusses ‘The Future of Super’ with Federal Liberal MP Tim Wilson, who is also the Chair of the House of Representatives Economics Committee


The Post-Pandemic Economy

The Australian Economy | 13th July 2021

Address to a luncheon hosted by the South Australian Centre for Economic Studies in Adelaide on 13th July – looking (briefly) at the outlook for the world economy, (in a bit more detail) about the Australian economy’s performance and prospects, and finishing with some commentary on the changes to the way in which GST revenues […]


Corona Virus Impact Chart Pack 2021-07-10

Chart Pack | 11th July 2021

This week Saul Eslake’s weekly Coronavirus Impact Chart Pack is 149 pages: – charts tracking the spread of Covid-19, globally and in Australia, and government responses to it; – the impact on the global economy and major individual economies such as China, Japan, other Asian economies, the US and Europe;financial and commodities markets; – multiple […]


Peripheral Asia

Asian Economies | 7th July 2021

My presentation to the annual meeting of the International Conference of Commercial Bank Economists (ICCBE), held ‘virtually’ (again) this year. It covers all of Asia (except for China and Japan), and including Australia and New Zealand


Corona Virus Impact Chart Pack 2021-07-03

Chart Pack | 3rd July 2021

This week Saul Eslake’s weekly Coronavirus Impact Chart Pack is 158 pages: – charts tracking the spread of Covid-19, globally and in Australia, and government responses to it; – the impact on the global economy and major individual economies such as China, Japan, other Asian economies, the US and Europe;financial and commodities markets; – multiple […]


Corona Virus Impact Chart Pack 2021-06-26

Chart Pack | 26th June 2021

This week Saul Eslake’s weekly Coronavirus Impact Chart Pack is 161 pages: – charts tracking the spread of Covid-19, globally and in Australia, and government responses to it; – the impact on the global economy and major individual economies such as China, Japan, other Asian economies, the US and Europe;financial and commodities markets; – multiple […]


Video & Presentation Slides: Australia’s ‘new protectionism’

Australia's New Protectionism, Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, The Australian Economy | 25th June 2021

Join Saul Eslake for a discussion about how Australia’s prolonged border closures are indirectly providing a short-term boost to spending, and making it easier to reduce unemployment – although in the long run this form of ‘protectionism’ like all the other forms will make us worse off.
This webinar is being offered free of charge in the interests of prompting wider awareness of some of the implications of the Government’s health and economic strategies.