The Global Economy
Australia may be an island continent, but it is no more immune to global economic influences than are other countries which share physical borders with their nearest neighbours. Australia is very much exposed to global swings in commodity prices, and to fluctuations in major advanced economies and (increasingly) to business cycles in key emerging economies such as China. Australia’s financial markets are increasingly integrated with the their global counterparts. And Australian economic policy-makers cannot ignore changes in monetary, fiscal and other economic policy settings in the world’s major economies. Hence, an awareness of trends in the global economy is an essential element of understanding Australian economic conditions.
Germany’s economic and political generals are fighting the wrong war
Publications, The Global Economy | 25th November 2011Op-ed article published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, 25th November 2011
Europeans and Americans don’t run the world economy any more, and shouldn’t automatically run the IMF
Publications, The Global Economy | 24th May 2011Op-ed article published in the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, 24th May 2011
Is the US Dollar in Danger of Losing its Reserve Currency Status?
The Global Economy | 3rd July 2009Presentation to the International Conference of Commercial Bank Economists (ICCBE) in Munich, Germany, 3rd July 2009
The difference between a recession and a depression
The Global Economy | 23rd November 2008An essay which began as an answer to a question put to me by my then boss, “what’s the difference between a recession and a depression”, during the darkest period of the Global Financial Crisis, and which was subsequently picked up by The Economist.
The Emergence of Oil Producers as Net International Creditors – Possible Implications for the Global Financial System.
The Global Economy | 22nd June 2006Paper presented to the International Conference of Commercial Bank Economists (ICCBE), Milan, Italy, 22nd June 2006
