Op-ed article published in The Australian Financial Review of 31st May (and available online online here) making the case that although the continued closure of Australia’s international borders is providing unheralded benefits to Australia’s economy (boosting spending and accelerating the decline in unemployment), much like the old forms of ‘protectionism’ in which we indulged for […]

This week Saul Eslake’s weekly Coronavirus Impact Chart Pack is 157 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 […]

Saul talks to news.com.au’s Finance Editor Sarah Sharples about mortgage stress, interest rates and housing policies    

Talk to a conference on “The Future of Work” hosted by ISPT (an industry superannuation funds property trust) in Sydney on 26th May 2021, which looks at the prospects for, and implications of, an increase in the proportion of employees “working from home” in the aftermath of Covid-19

This week Saul Eslake’s weekly Coronavirus Impact Chart Pack is 156 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 […]

Saul talks to Sky News’ Laura Jayes about the increases in payroll tax on large businesses contained in this week’s Victorian Budget, and about the economic effect of prolonged border closures.

Sydney Morning Herald Economics Editor Ross Gittins’ write-up of my analysis of the 2021-22 Budget

Saul talks to Sky News Australia’s Laura Jayes about Victorian Government property tax proposals