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’

Publications


Here you can find articles or essays which I have written and which have been published elsewhere

Longer term prospects for Tasmanian economy

Publications, Tasmania | 18th April 2021

Saul comments on Deloitte Access Economics’ latest five-year forecasts for Tasmania’s economy and the need for ‘structural reforms’ to ‘bake in longer-term prosperity’. Tasmania’s economy has done well in the pandemic, but the future is looking shaky, experts warn – ABC News, Alexandra Humphries, 18th April 2021


Saul’s take on Tasmania’s Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Update

Publications, Tasmania | 16th April 2021

Saul’s take on Tasmania’s Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Update released by Tasmanian Treasury on 14th April 2021, as reported by the Burnie Advocate’s Sean Ford


Tasmania’s decade of changing economic fortunes

Publications, Tasmania | 15th April 2021

Article in Forty South about Tasmania’s economic performance, published on 8th April 2021


Tasmania’s AFL Aspiration

Publications, Tasmania | 15th April 2021

Article in Forty South about Tasmania’s AFL Aspiration, published on 15th April 2021


Forty South

Publications, Tasmania | 15th April 2021

I will be writing two series of ten articles for Forty South over the next six months or so, one about the opportunities and challenges for Tasmania’s economy, and the other about Tasmania’s case for its own team in the Australian Football League competition. The first articles in each of these series are here and […]


The implications of Covid-induced changes in patterns of work for property markets

News, Publications, The Australian Economy | 13th April 2021

Op-ed piece in the Australian Financial Review for 13th April 2021 looking at some of the implications of Covid-induced changes in patterns of work for property markets


Rebound in growth could force RBA’s hand on rates

Economic Policies, News, Publications, The Australian Economy | 8th April 2021

Feature article published in the Australian Financial Review on 7th April, looking at Australia’s emergence from the recession induced by Covid-19, and the implications for the future course of fiscal and monetary policy


The west is having its iron ore cake – and eating it too

Economic Policies, News, Publications, The Australian Economy | 24th March 2021

Op-ed piece in the Australian Financial Review on 24th March 2021 about “deal” imposed on states and territories by the Federal Government two years ago which is now producing the perverse result that the Federal Government will have to run an even bigger budget deficit so as to allow Western Australia – the only government […]