Asian Economies
Asia accounts for 52% of the world’s population and (as of 2016) 39% of the world’s GDP. By the end of the decade Asia will account for 42% of the world’s GDP. Asia takes almost three-quarters of Australia’s exports of goods and services and supplies more than half of Australia’s imports. You simply can’t understand Australia’s long-term economic prospects without a good understanding of what’s happening in the major Asian economies.
Australia and Korea: the ‘odd couple’
Asian Economies, News, Publications | 21st April 2021I’m quoted in the Singapore Straits Times and Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post talking about the different reasons why Australia’s and Korea’s economies were the only ones to avoid recession during the financial crisis of 12 years ago, and why they have recovered strongly from the Covid-19 induced recession
China’s Economy
Asian Economies, The Global Economy | 10th March 2021China’s was the only major economy to record positive growth in 2020. In this talk Saul will discuss the sustainability of the recovery that’s been under way since the second quarter of 2020, the medium-term risks associated with China’s high debt levels, banking system and exchange rate regime. He will also talk about prospects for […]
Impact of Covid-19 to the Global and Australian Economies – September 2020
Asian Economies, The Australian Economy, The Global Economy | 7th September 2020Online presentation slides: the Impact of Covid-19 to the Global and Australian Economies 7th September 2020
How vulnerable is China?
Asian Economies | 2nd August 2020An article based on my response to a question from a client asking what I thought of an article predicting the imminent demise of “the Chinese model”
The Impact of Covid-19 to the Global and Asian Economies
Asian Economies, The Global Economy | 31st July 2020Presentation slides for The Impact of Covid-19 to the Global and Asian Economies webinar 31st 2020
‘Peripheral Asia’ (Asia excluding China and Japan, but including India, Australia & New Zealand)
Asian Economies | 9th June 2020Presentation to a ‘virtual’ meeting of the International Conference of Commercial Bank Economists, 9th June 2020
China
Asian Economies | 9th June 2020Presentation to a ‘virtual’ meeting of the International Conference of Commercial Bank Economists, 9th June 2020
Saul Eslake’s February 2021 Presentation: China’s Economy
Asian Economies, The Global Economy | 9th March 2020China’s was the only major economy to record positive growth in 2020. In this talk Saul will discuss the sustainability of the recovery that’s been under way since the second quarter of 2020, the medium-term risks associated with China’s high debt levels, banking system and exchange rate regime. He will also talk about prospects for Sino-US relations following the inauguration of Joe Biden as President of the United States, and the deterioration in the bilateral economic and political relationship between Australia and China.