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Greg Jericho

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Grogonomics The government shouldn’t boast about Australia’s latest CPI figures, but it shouldn’t panic either

Despite what the fearmongers would have you believe, the latest inflation figures showed that inflation remains well under control. Not only is there...

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Grogonomics Funding Australia’s renewable transition isn’t ‘picking winners’ – it’s securing our future

Last week Anthony Albanese finally announced the government’s major plan for the transition to a renewable energy economy. The Future Made in...

17.04.2024 7

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Grogonomics Talk of interest rate cuts soon is optimistic – here’s why the RBA may decide doing nothing is safer

This week the IMF told Australians what we already knew – we are hurting from rate rises harder than anyone. But unfortunately, that is unlikely to...

10.04.2024 4

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Grogonomics Whether Australia’s budget has a surplus tells us little about the government’s worth – it’s all on the choices made

We are now a month away from the 2024-25 budget. And as with all budgets, the choices made matter much more than any big numbers that get the media...

03.04.2024 6

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Grogonomics The push against wage rises has begun again – it’s an argument for Australia’s poorest workers to become poorer

As we gear up for the annual fight over the minimum wage it was nice to hear the governor of the Reserve Bank last week come out in defence of...

27.03.2024 5

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Grogonomics Blaming John Howard is easy, but his government helped shape the world we live in – now and for future generations

When asking “Who screwed the millennials?” should we just apply Occam’s razor and answer “John Howard”? His government certainly shoulders a...

25.03.2024 3

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Grogonomics The Sahm rule lets us get in front of recessions – so alerts should be flashing in the Treasury and RBA

When the February unemployment figures are released on Thursday at 11.30am, there is a decent chance that, according to one measure, Australia will be...

20.03.2024 10

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Grogonomics The ‘good old days’ for housing affordability were just four years ago – here’s why

What if 2020 was as good as it gets for housing affordability? Forget gathering around to hear old man Jericho talk about the good old days when Gen...

13.03.2024 3

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Grogonomics Australia’s economy has slowed to a halt. It’s time for the Reserve Bank to take its foot off the brake

The latest GDP figures show that the Reserve Bank has slowed things down so drastically that Australia’s economy, for the first time for 40 years,...

06.03.2024 4

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Grogonomics Australia taxes its massive gas exports so weakly that we pay more on Hecs than companies do on PRRT

In Hollywood everyone knows never to ask for a percentage of the film profits. These so-called “monkey points” are the stuff of legends and mirth....

28.02.2024 6

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Grogonomics Wages are finally on the way up, but there’s a long way to go before workers feel relief

The good news is real wages are finally going up – and not by so much that the Reserve Bank should be worried that it needs to once again raise...

21.02.2024 6

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Grogonomics The awful truth at the heart of Australian housing policy

Australian policy is dominated by interest groups and politicians pretending they are trying to do one thing, while actually doing the opposite, and...

14.02.2024 4

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Grogonomics The RBA says it’s still worried about inflation, but few believe this will mean higher interest rates

Despite a new year and a new way of doing things, the thinking at the Reserve Bank remains the same – inflation is all about people having too much...

07.02.2024 10

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Grogonomics Australian inflation is under control – now it’s time to worry about the economic health of households

That sound you heard was a massive sigh of relief from mortgage holders across the country as the latest inflation figures pretty much put an end to...

01.02.2024 10

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Grogonomics When it comes to tax, what is bracket creep – and is ‘fixing’ it really that important?

The term “bracket creep” is getting thrown around with wild abandon at the moment, so we might as well get a handle on what it means and work out...

30.01.2024 10

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Grogonomics The old stage-three cuts are dead. Long live Labor’s new policy, which 90% of Australians will cheer

It is fair to say I have not taken a neutral position on the stage-three tax cuts. After all, back in 2022 I was the guy who wrote “the stage-three...

24.01.2024 10

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Grogonomics Neither a pandemic nor interest rate rises: can anything dent the Australian housing market?

Just in case you were ever worried that the Australian housing market might crumble, the latest ABS housing loan figures show that in November the...

17.01.2024 2

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Grogonomics Retail figures show we’re desperate for a bargain rather than flush with cash. The RBA should take note

When retail spending surges, the Reserve Bank can be of a mind to raise rates and slow the economy even more. But the big jump in spending in November...

10.01.2024 6

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Grogonomics Inflation was 2023’s unavoidable topic. Will 2024 bring a change of tack from the RBA?

It was, as ever, a big year in the economy. We seem to always live in interesting times and this year, even though lockdowns were over and things...

20.12.2023 2

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Grogonomics Jim Chalmers’ lucky budget surplus is no comfort to workers whose pay is shrinking

When it comes to being a treasurer, it is better to be good than lucky. Peter Costello, through no skill of his own, presided over a period where each...

14.12.2023 20

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Grogonomics Ditch the rose-coloured glasses: Australia’s GDP is going backwards

In the September quarter the economy struggled mightily. All that kept the economy afloat was government spending and population growth, while...

06.12.2023 4

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Grogonomics Economic data shows households are feeling the pinch. But will the RBA stop raising rates?

At times you have to wonder if members of the Reserve Bank executive and board have met anyone who actually lives in a typical Australians household,...

29.11.2023 5

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Grogonomics The past financial year was brutal for household incomes – and it seems the recovery isn’t coming anytime soon

The triple threat of falling real wages, rising prices of necessities and soaring mortgage repayments has seen people’s living standards plummet in...

22.11.2023 4

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Grogonomics Workers of Australia, let us celebrate the strongest wages growth in over a decade

Economists sometimes like to think we can never have good things, and the news – even if good – is never as good as you think. So let us celebrate...

15.11.2023 8

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Grogonomics The RBA has only one tool to fight inflation with – and households are being hammered

From the moment the CPI figures were released two weeks ago, the general consensus of economists around the country was that the RBA would raise...

08.11.2023 7

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Grogonomics An RBA rate rise next week is now an even-money bet, and figures reveal just how damaging it would be

The latest cost of living figures show just how damaging another rate rise next week would be to households and the economy. In the past week the...

01.11.2023 3

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Grogonomics A Melbourne Cup Day rate rise would not be tough on inflation, it would just be cruel

In the past year inflation grew 5.4%, down from 6% in the June quarter and almost a third below the peak of 7.8% at the end of last year. And yet...

25.10.2023 3

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Antarctica is warming fast - so why is the response so cool?

19.10.2023 20

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Grogonomics Australia is already an energy superpower. We should be using that to drive the world towards renewables

The Australian government likes to say we can be a renewable energy superpower, but it ignores that we already are an energy power that fails utterly...

19.10.2023 20

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Grogonomics IMF sees bleaker economic times ahead for Australia, but the picture’s not all bad

T his week the International Monetary Fund released its latest six-monthly world economic outlook and global financial stability report. As you might...

11.10.2023 5

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Grogonomics It’s tougher than ever to pay off a mortgage thanks to higher home loan sizes and interest rates

T he first interest rate decision under the new governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Michele Bullock, came on the same day data showed just how...

04.10.2023 7

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Grogonomics The Reserve Bank shouldn’t be spooked by Australia’s imported inflation

N ext Tuesday the new Reserve Bank governor, Michele Bullock, will get her first test when the RBA board meets. Let us hope she is not one to get...

28.09.2023 10

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Grogonomics House prices just keep rising – everyone but the Australian government can see it’s a good investment

A day after the government and the Greens did a deal on the housing Australia future fund (Haff) designed to improve housing affordability, the...

12.09.2023 40

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