2008 08
I have a piece in the Business Spectator, which discusses the terms of trade argument for tariff protection in the context of the Bracks review of the car industry.
posted on 16 August 2008 by skirchner in Economics
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I have an op-ed in today’s Age, arguing that:
TURNING points in the official interest rate cycle are usually accompanied by claims that monetary policy has gone too far. But if there is any criticism to be made of the Reserve Bank’s most recent tightening cycle, it is that it did not tighten far or fast enough.
The August Statement on Monetary Policy released yesterday contained this observation:
the increase in CPI inflation in Australia is not due only to energy and food prices. Measuring ‘core’ inflation in a broadly similar manner to that used in other industrial countries, inflation excluding food and energy and financial services has increased from around 2 per cent to 3 per cent over the past few years in Australia. This calculation indicates that inflation pressures here have been more broadly based over the past couple of years than in other countries. Indeed, inflation in Australia is now higher than the median of comparable countries in nearly all of the 11 major CPI categories.
posted on 12 August 2008 by skirchner in Economics, Financial Markets
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I have a taken up a new position as a Research Fellow with the Centre for Independent Studies. I will still be using the blog to highlight the work I’m doing at CIS, so stay tuned. The weekly newsletter has been discontinued. The Business Spectator column will also be discontinued in its current format.
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posted on 05 August 2008 by skirchner in Economics
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