Workplace absences, along with sales lost due to the cessation of brick-and-mortar retail shopping, airline travel and public gatherings, contributed the most.
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Three forces are pulling down ESG’s once-rapid rise in the investment world.
A new report on the ongoing impact of the pandemic on social service providers in Victoria found jobs and labour force participation are far from fully recovered.
The world needs robust supply chains that are founded on sustainability, collaboration, trust, transparency, visibility and diversification of supply.
The latest figures offer new evidence that a K-shaped recovery is following the coronavirus recession – which hit the lowest-paid workers the hardest.
The Reserve Bank governor’s ‘forward guidance’ risks him not adapting to changing circumstances, or undermining his credibility.
The Reserve Bank of Australia is ready to taper off the ‘unconventional’ monetary policy measures introduced in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Kenya needs to address spending inefficiencies to attain the goals outlined in the budget.
Though the British prime minister has called on countries to share more doses internationally, the UK may continue to prioritise its domestic rollout.
Short on time? Here’s everything you need to know about the 2021-2022 federal budget in 5 nifty charts and infographics.
There’s much more new spending on aged care than there is on infrastructure. That’s a change.
There are plenty of winners and few direct losers in a budget that lays the groundwork for the next election - still more likely to be next year than this.
Looking graphically at actual and forecast GDP makes it clear why some speak of a ‘V-shaped recovery’. But even the fairly bullish assumptions reveal a recovery where the V isn’t really sharp enough.
Never before has a budget done so much to supercharge the economy after the worst of a recession has passed.
The Morrison government has brought down a big-spending, expansionary budget.
Australia’s tax relief rules are outdated. Here are three key points for reform.
Economic recovery and solving the care crisis can and should go hand in hand.
With a rising stock market and a booming economy in some industries, not all Americans have been negatively impacted by Covid-19. Which parts of the population have come out on top?
The pandemic has not only negatively impacted the creative sector in Africa, but it has also exposed its shortcomings.
A momentary peak may succumb to a slow recovery
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Economics and International Affairs, HEC Paris Business School
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Associate Professor of Economics, University of South Carolina
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Ann Kayis-Kumar is a Friend of The Conversation.
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Professor, R2B2 Project Leader, University of Guelph
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Lecturer in Economics, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Memphis
