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.
The Economy – Challenges and Opportunities
The Australian Economy | 31st August 2016Presentation to the Self-Storage Association of Australasia’s 2016 Convention in Melbourne, on 31st August 2016 – covering the global, Chinese, Australian and New Zealand economies with a focus on population flows and housing
An Economic Update
The Australian Economy | 29th August 2016Presentation to the annual Shareholders’ Dinner of Norman Disney and Young, an engineering construction firm, in Adelaide on 29th August 2016 – covering Australia and New Zealand, with a particular focus on commercial construction
The Tourism Economy
The Australian Economy | 23rd August 2016A talk to the Victorian Caravan Parks’ Association 2016 Annual Conference, Melbourne, 23rd August 2016
The Australian resources boom and its aftermath – Review of ‘Balancing Act’ by George Megalogenis
Economic Policies, Publications, The Australian Economy | 15th June 2016Saul Eslake | Quarterly Essay | Issue No 16 2016 In reply to George Megalogenis’s Quarterly Essay, Balancing Act: Australia Between Recession and Renewal. George Megalogenis writes about today’s economy with a grasp of the broad sweep of Australian history and an awareness of the social consequences of economic performance and policy – attributes which have been […]
The Changing Structure of Economic Activity and Employment in Queensland
The Australian Economy | 26th April 2016Presentation to a ‘Queensland Jobs Summit’ hosted by the Australia Institute and the University of Queensland in Brisbane on 26th April 2016
Australia’s Economic Horizon
The Australian Economy | 1st March 2016Presentation to the 2016 ABARES Outlook Conference in Canberra, on 1st March 2016
Disruptive Economic Forces
The Australian Economy | 6th November 2015Presentation to the Queensland Division of the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA)’s Annual Developers’ Conference at Sanctuary Cove, Queensland, 6th November 2015
An Australian Recession: Possible, but not Probable
The Australian Economy | 19th August 2015Presentation to the Portfolio Construction Forum’s 2015 Conference, Australian Technology Park, Sydney, 19th August 2015