The Australian Economy
Australia hasn’t had a recession – in the widely used sense of two or more consecutive quarters of negative real GDP growth – since 1991. Since then, Australia’s ranking among nations in terms of per capita GDP has risen from 22nd to, in the last four years, either 12th or 13th, behind only the United States, Norway, Switzerland and a number of other smaller states which are predominantly either oil producers or financial centres. Australia’s economic performance reflects a combination of luck and management – the relative importance and quality of which have varied significantly from time to time. Monitoring the performance of and analysing the prospects for the Australian economy has been the major part of my ‘day job’ since I completed my university degree in 1979.
What South Australia needs to do
Publications, The Australian Economy | 7th March 2018Saul Eslake | Adelaide Advertiser | 7th March 2018 Article published in the Adelaide Advertiser newspaper on 7th March 2018 (ten days before South Australia’s state election on 17th March), looking at South Australia’s economy through the same prism that I use for Tasmania’s.
What’s happening in the Australian Economy?
The Australian Economy | 16th February 2018Presentation to Smiths’ Snackfoods Distributor Partners Conference, Hobart, 16th February 2018
Outlook for the Australian Economy against a Global Economic Backdrop
The Australian Economy | 29th November 2017Presentation to the ACTE-CAPA (Association of Corporate Travel Executives – Centre for Asia-Pacific Aviation) Conference, Sydney, 29th November 2017
The Australian economy, interest rates and household debt
The Australian Economy | 20th September 2017Presentation to a forum hosted by Kessler Financial Services Australia in Melbourne on 20th September 2017
Economic Trends and Opportunities for Australian Agriculture
Commodities, The Australian Economy | 12th September 2017Presentation to a Farm Business Update hosted by the Grains Research and Development Corporation in Adelaide, 12th September 2017
The Australian economy in a rapidly changing world environment
The Australian Economy | 28th July 2017Presentation to a ‘Pathfinder Breakfast’ hosted by the Sydney C3 Church, at the Westin Sydney, on Friday 28th July
Has Australia really set a ‘new world record’ for continuous economic growth
Publications, The Australian Economy | 6th June 2017Saul Eslake | The Conversation |06th June 2017 Australia hasn’t had a recession – defined as consecutive quarters of ‘negative growth’ in real GDP since the first half of 1991. Some have claimed that, with the release of first quarter GDP figures on 7th June 2017, Australia will have surpassed a ‘record’ for recession-free growth […]
The Economic Outlook
The Australian Economy | 15th May 2017Presentation to the Australian Shareholders’ Association Annual Conference, Melbourne, 15th May 2017 Listen to a podcast of an interview recorded after the presentation:
