Vital Signs is a weekly economic wrap from UNSW economics professor and Harvard PhD Richard Holden (@profholden). Vital Signs aims to contextualise weekly economic events and cut through the noise of the…
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Trade Minister Steven Ciobo told Q&A viewers that Australia has had 25 years of continuous economic growth, and is the only country in the world with a period of growth that long. Is that true?
Unemployment figures don’t always tell the full story when it comes to the state of jobs in Australia.
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What is the current state of jobs in this election campaign? This podcast explores what really creates jobs and whether or not politicians have much say in it.
They’re the lines you sometimes hear before or after budgets from governments and commentators of all persuasions. The problem is they go against reality.
Ratings agency Moody’s is worried about the trajectory of Australia’s government debt.
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Poor economic performance and high levels of skilled migration are standing in the way of young Australians entering the labour market for the first time.
Australians are not averse to taking risks.
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Popular wisdom holds that conservatives manage the economy better than their progressive counterparts, but recent data from the US and Australia does not bear this out.
The long campaigns of the US election give candidates more opportunities to come unstuck.
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