Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced massive budget deficits of $85.8 billion for the just-finished 2019-2020 financial year and $184.5 billion projected for 2020-2021.
A moored container ship in Qingdao, China.
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Steven Hamilton, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University; Bruce Preston, The University of Melbourne, dan Chris Edmond, The University of Melbourne
It’s far too early to declare victory. The need for conventional economic stimulus has just begun.
South Africa’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic must now shift from a centrally regulated approach to one that enables participation and compliance by communities, workers and businesses.
Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
The global financial crisis taught us recoveries needn’t be V-shaped.
Economists are using models to try to determine what short- and long-term impacts the coronavirus pandemic will have on the global economy.
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As countries get ready to re-open their economies, will there be a post-pandemic recovery? History and current economic models suggest those looking for a quick rebound will be disappointed.
The OECD estimates have Australia less hit than most, but they are only partial and point to Australia’s worst recession on record.
Research shows Canadians want to move away from the GDP as a measurement of progress, prosperity and happiness, and consider protecting the environment more critical than growth. A hiker is seen here in British Columbia.
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With a deepening climate crisis, unprecedented biodiversity loss and widespread inequality, it’s pertinent to question if indefinite GDP growth will deliver true and long-lasting prosperity.
Michelle Grattan talks with Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher about the week in politics, including coronavirus, the Biosecurity Act and panic-buying, as well as the Australian economy.
Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy with Finance Minister Mathias Cormann at Senate estimates on Thursday.
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Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Australia’s three-decade run of near continuous economic growth is set to end, with treasury warning of a hit to growth of ‘at least’ 0.5%, potentially followed by a ‘prolonged downturn’.