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Category: Fiscal Policy

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 …

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.

Parliament House, Canberra, Australia
Budget / Fiscal Policy / Taxation

Goldilocks and the Three Drivers of Fiscal Sustainability, Stephen Anthony in Tax Policy Journal for the Taxpayers Research Foundation

This paper examines whether the independent Parliament Budget Office (PBO) is being too optimistic in its current assessment of the fiscal sustainability of the Australian Government over the next forty …

Budget / Economy / Fiscal Policy

MYEFO charts no return to surplus this decade or the next, Stephen Anthony in the Australian Financial Review, 16 December 2021

In this Australian Financial Review opinion piece, Stephen Anthony suggests that the Australian Government’s Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) demonstrates the imperative that we make sensible fiscal choices now, …

Fiscal Policy / Monetary Policy / Quantitative Easing

Is quantitative easing good policy, Stephen Anthony in ANU Agenda, 10 December 2021

This paper asks whether the suite of unorthodox monetary policies (including QE) really make sense in the presence of a global liquidity trap. This is the complete version of a …

Fiscal Policy

Australia’s economy will be weak and in need of support after the pandemic, top economists say, ABC News, 1 July 2021

Stephen Anthony, Chief Economist at Macroeconomics, is one of 23 leading Australian economists assembled to take part in The Conversation’s July 1 forecasting survey – a panel that includes former …

Victoria, Australia
Budget / Fiscal Policy

The horror budget that reveals Victoria’s state of decay, Stephen Anthony in The Australian Financial Review, 24 May 2021

In an opinion piece in The Australian Financial Review, Macroeconomics Chief Economist Stephen Anthony reports how the Victorian 2021-22 budget highlights the state’s decline over the past decade aided by …

The Australian
Budget / Fiscal Policy / Structural Reform

The fresh dangers of Fortress Australia, Stephen Anthony in The Australian, 22 May 2021

In an article on the 2021-22 federal budget by Editor-at-Large of The Australian Paul Kelly, Macroeconomics Chief Economist Stephen Anthony alerts that the Morrison government hasn’t taken advantage of the …

Will the budget be a requiem for economic responsibility?
Budget / Fiscal Policy

Libs excise fiscal rectitude from their political arsenal, Stephen Anthony in The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 May 2021

In an article on the 2021-22 federal budget by The Sydney Morning Herald political and international editor Peter Hartcher, Macroeconomics Chief Economist Stephen Anthony alerts that the budget is a …

ABC News
Budget / Fiscal Policy

Budget creates winners now, but economists warn of higher interest rates in future, Stephen Anthony in ABC News, 13 May 2021

In an article on the 2021-22 federal budget by ABC business reporter Michael Janda, Macroeconomics Chief Economist Stephen Anthony warns that the big spending in the budget is an assault …

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