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Is China heading for some kind of ‘currency crisis’?

In the short term, no. But over the medium- to longer-term, the possibility of a Chinese ‘currency crisis’ – by which I mean an abrupt fall in...

03.04.2024 9

Saul Eslake

Have we passed ‘Peak China’?

Saul Eslake, the renowned and independent economist, has updated his China chart pack which was last prepared in January 2023. The chart pack gives a...

25.03.2024 9

Saul Eslake

The worst Australian public policy decision of the 21st century

I regard the changes made to the carve-up of GST revenues among the states and territories by the Morrison Government in 2019, with the support of the...

02.02.2024 5

Saul Eslake

Reflections on ‘Australia Day’

I worked last Friday, as I have done every 26th January since 1994, when then Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett (I was living in Melbourne at the time)...

30.01.2024 9

Saul Eslake

Will the Productivity Commission wind back the WA GST deal?

Danielle Wood’s appointment as the Chair of the Productivity Commission is, in my opinion, an inspired choice, and I have no doubt that she will do...

06.12.2023 5