Category Archives: Macroeconomy

Qld-NSW border & Qld Chief Economist comments

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Gene Tunny

I’ve recorded a new video commenting on: the cost to the Queensland economy of the interstate border closure and other coronavirus measures (thanks to CCIQ for putting some estimates out there, which I’ve provided links to below), what’s been happening … Continue reading →

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Economic update: US jobs & Australian PBO fiscal projections

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Gene Tunny

I’ve recorded a video covering the May US jobs data, which have been greeted very positively by the markets despite the data showing only a small rebound*, and the Australian Parliamentary Budget Office’s rather pessimistic projection of an additional $620 … Continue reading →

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Big question now is how long and how deep the recession will be

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Gene Tunny

The March quarter National Accounts released by the ABS today suggest Australia will have two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth in the first half of 2020, and hence the traditional definition of a recession will be satisfied. That said, … Continue reading →

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Economic impact of COVID-19 & policy responses webinar for QUT Centre for Data Science

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Gene Tunny

The video recording of a webinar on the economic impact of COVID-19 I participated in last Friday is now available. The other panellists were Danielle Wood from the Grattan Institute, Griffith Professor Tony Makin, and QUT Professor Pascalis Raimondos. My … Continue reading →

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Qld-NSW border war (of words) chat with Joe Branigan from Tulipwood Economics

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Gene Tunny

Currently, the big economic debate in Queensland concerns the border with NSW, which remains closed to interstate visitors. Earlier today I spoke with my old friend and former Treasury colleague Joe Branigan, Director of Tulipwood Economics, who thinks the border … Continue reading →

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Chat with CCIQ’s Jack Baxter on collapse in business conditions & confidence

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Gene Tunny

I spoke with CCIQ Economic and Policy Advisor Jack Baxter earlier today regarding the corona-crisis-induced collapse in business conditions and confidence reported in the March quarter Suncorp-CCIQ Pulse Survey report. Business conditions and confidence are at their worst levels in … Continue reading →

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Qld jobless rate at 6.8% but effectively over 10%

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Gene Tunny

This afternoon I caught up with Ben Scott, who works as a Research Assistant in my business Adept Economics, to discuss the April Labour Force data published by the ABS today, as well as the possible shape of the eventual … Continue reading →

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Economic impact of COVID-19 – upcoming QUT/QAAS webinar

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Gene Tunny

I’m a panellist on an upcoming webinar on Friday 22 May on The economic impact of COVID-19 and the likely short and long run economic impacts of the policy responses to it. The webinar is free and is part of … Continue reading →

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Benefits of going cashless in addition to social distancing

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Gene Tunny

Regular QEW reader Denise alerted me to an article on the New Normal in Dining (in this time of coronavirus) in the Murdoch papers this week, which reported: Restaurants and Catering Australia said many measure that are in place currently … Continue reading →

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State and regional unemployment rates in this time of COVID-19 with Pete Faulkner

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Gene Tunny

Mission Beach-based economist Pete Faulkner from Conus Consulting has been in the news recently with his estimates of the massive adverse impacts that measures to combat coronavirus are having on Queensland’s regional economies (e.g. see the InQueensland report Jobless numbers … Continue reading →

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