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Debt reality bites: Budget interest will keep on climbing. Stephen Anthony in The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 March 2022

Macroeconomics Advisory’s Chief Economist Stephen Anthony – regularly one of the most accurate forecasters of The Age/Sydney Morning Herald’s Scope panel of financial experts – directly challenges the assumptions underpinning …

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Trillion dollar debt bomb to double to fund major spending as borrowing costs rise, Stephen Anthony on ABC News, 24 March 2022

With government debt hitting a trillion dollars in coming years, what’s being done to pay it down before global interest rate rises push up borrowing costs? Macroeconomics Advisory’s Chief Economist …

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Budget to upgrade wages forecast after worst year since 2000, Stephen Anthony in The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 March 2022

Macroeconomics Advisory’s Chief Economist Stephen Anthony alerts that there was now an entrenched structural deficit with spending stuck much higher than forecast revenue. A growing threat is posed by the …

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Tax cuts mean bracket creep is ‘much less creepy’: Deloitte, Stephen Anthony in the Australian Financial Review, 24 March 2022

A budget analysis by Macroeconomics Advisory chief economist Stephen Anthony calls into question the sustainability of Australia’s total federal and state public sector debt.

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These reforms could help retire budget debt, Stephen Anthony in The Australian, 23 March 2022

In this commentary in The Australian, Macroeconomics Advisory Chief Economist Stephen Anthony refers to the Macroeconomics Advisory 2022-23 Commonwealth Budget Preview to alert that with interest rates on the way …

Budget / Economy / Fiscal Policy

Higher interest rates, slow growth ‘a risky mix’, Stephen Anthony in The Australian, 23 March 2022

Referencing the Macroeconomics Advisory 2022-23 Commonwealth Budget Preview, Macroeconomics Advisory Chief Economist Stephen Anthony observes in an article in The Australian that we should take remedial action now to guard against …

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Macroeconomics Advisory 2022-23 Commonwealth Budget Preview: is big debt good for Goldilocks or a Roach Motel?

In this Budget 2022 Preview note we find that the key to assessing the long-term sustainability of the Federal Budget is to compare the projected path of interest rates and …

Energy

Macroeconomics Advisory submission on Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) Draft 2022 Integrated System Plan (ISP), 11 February 2022

This submission is made in response to the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) invitation for submissions on the Draft 2022 Integrated Systems Plan (ISP). In summary: • Australia is almost …

Fiscal Policy / Monetary Policy / Quantitative Easing

More worried by charts than policy: Critics circle RBA ahead of review, Stephen Anthony in the Sydney Morning Herald, 28 December 2021

In this Sydney Morning Herald article, Macroeconomics Advisory’s Stephen Anthony discusses his recent paper on quantitative easing, which was published in the ANU Agenda journal.

Industry Policy / Social Spending / Superannuation / Taxation

Here are four big ideas for Australia to consider in 2022, Stephen Anthony in the Australian Financial Review, 28 December 2021

In this Australian Financial Review opinion piece, Macroeconomics Advisory’s Stephen Anthony outlines win-win reform gains to be had in industry policy, taxation, social spending, and super.

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