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A few quick thoughts about China
Asian Economies | 19th October 2021A short presentation to my colleagues in Llewellyn Consulting about the factors shaping China’s longer-run growth performance and prospects on 20th October 2021
Talk to the annual Australia-Indonesia Business Summit
Asian Economies, Economic Video | 18th October 2021A short talk to the annual Australia-Indonesia Business Summit on 19th October 2021, jointly hosted by the Indonesia Investment Promotion Centre in Sydney and the Australia-Indonesia Business Council, about the improving investment climate in Indonesia, especially for those interested in the health and aged care sectors (which were the focus of this year’s summit)
September employment data show ‘effective’ unemployment rate at 10.6%
News, The Australian Economy | 14th October 2021Saul was interviewed by Sky News about the Septembfer labour orce report released on 14th October Australia could see a ‘net rebound’ in employment come November | Sky News Australia
Australia’s housing affordability crisis
Australian Society and Politics, Housing, News | 13th October 2021Saul was interviewed for a special feature from the BBC World Service’s World Business Report on 13th October 2021
How serious is the inflation threat
The Global Economy | 7th October 2021Presentation to a webinar hosted by Jamieson Coote Bonds, a Melbourne-based fixed income funds manager, on 7th October 2021
Social Policy in the post-Covid World
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Housing, News | 4th October 2021A presentation to the Board of the Australian Council to Homeless Persons, focussing on housing affordability (for both buyers and renters), income support for unemployed people and poverty reduction, and ‘fiscal sustainability’ for the Commonwealth and state & territory governments.
Fiscal Policy and Public Debt
Economic Policies, Economic Video | 2nd October 2021 Login or subscribe to view the full video and presentation slides Login Subcribe In this webinar Saul focuse public debt. How worried should we be about the increase in the amount of debt incurred by Australia’s federal and state governments since the onset of Covid-19? Is it important that public debt be “paid off” […]
Video and Presentation Slides: Fiscal Policy and Public Debt
Economic Policies | 29th September 2021Saul Eslake’s webinar on fiscal policy and public debt. How worried should we be about the increase in the amount of debt incurred by Australia’s federal and state governments since the onset of Covid-19? Is it important that public debt be “paid off” at some point in the future? What criteria should we use to judge whether any given level of public debt is “sustainable”? If the level of public debt is, or were to become “unsustainable”, what could or should be done?