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Tag Archives: australia
What is the fiscal impulse from the Australian Budget?
The Australian Government is moving in the right direction, but not fast enough, with fiscal policy if it wants to fight inflation. It appears too reliant on the expected cessation of pandemic-related stimulated measures to support its claim that the … Continue reading
National Electricity Market malfunction of June 2022: my latest podcast episode
One of the biggest challenges facing advanced economies is maintaining reliable and reasonably priced electricity as we decarbonise to combat climate change. This year we’ve seen some ominous signs that this may not go well. The war in Ukraine has … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged aemo, australia, coal, electricity, evs, gas, nem, qld, renewables, russia, ukraine
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Qld hospitality sector has had stronger recovery than NSW and Victorian sectors
Earlier this month, Queensland Airports boss Amelia Evans was reported by the Courier-Mail as saying that travel was bouncing back strongly. Queensland Airports operates the Gold Coast, Townsville, Mount Isa, and Longreach airports, so Ms Evans would have a good … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy
Tagged abs, australia, cafes, covid-19, hospitality, hotels, qld, queensland, restaurants, tourism
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Qld & Australia exporting lower volumes but earning more, due to higher coal and iron ore prices
The pandemic and China’s trade restrictions have no doubt had some adverse effects on commodity volumes exported from Queensland, but super high commodity prices, associated partly with the war in Ukraine, have more than offset those impacts when it comes … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy
Tagged abs, australia, china, coal, exports, ironore, qld, queensland
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Japan is Qld’s top export destination once again, but only by a small margin
Thanks to the Japanese Ambassador for highlighting that Japan has overtaken China to return to being the top destination for Queensland exports, as Japan was for several decades prior to 2013 (see the chart below including data up to April … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy
Tagged abs, australia, beef, china, coal, exports, gas, japan, qld, queensland
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Qld has outperformed rest of Australia this decade so far
The May Labour Force data released by the ABS yesterday confirmed Queensland has outperformed the rest of Australia over the last couple of years. My view is that this is due to a range of factors including a surge in … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy
Tagged abs, australia, employment, jobs, labourforce, qld
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Consumer confidence indicators are very concerning
As always it’s important not to read too much into one piece of data, and generally I’ve been optimistic about the Australian economy and even more so about the Queensland economy over 2022-23, but the latest consumer confidence figures are … Continue reading
Global stagflation risk increasing – my latest podcast episode
Earlier this week, the World Bank cut its global economic growth forecast and warned of the risk of 1970s-type global stagflation, with a coincidence of high inflation and low growth and high unemployment. I had already decided to cover stagflation … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy
Tagged australia, economics, fed, inflation, interestrates, monetarypolicy, rba, recession, stagflation, usa, wagepricespiral
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RBA is copying the Fed as Michael Knox forecast
In my previous post, I discussed my latest podcast chat with Morgans Chief Economist Michael Knox who forecast the RBA would today increase the cash rate to 0.85%, as it did. As Michael noted, the RBA has been copying the … Continue reading
Posted in Macroeconomy
Tagged australia, cashrate, fed, inflation, interestrates, monetarypolicy, rba, usa
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RBA’s next move: 25, 40, or 50 basis points? Michael Knox says 50 on Economics Explored
Next Tuesday, the RBA will increase the cash rate again, but it’s uncertain by just how much. Reuters is reporting RBA to raise rates a modest 25 bps in June, some call for 40 bps, where bps stands for basis … Continue reading
Posted in Labour market, Macroeconomy
Tagged australia, deficits, economics, fed, gdpgap, inflation, interestrates, monetarypolicy, rba, recession, usa
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