Australian economy

A hairdresser blowdries the hair of a woman wearing a surgical mask in a hairdressing salon

Australia’s GDP was up 3.4 per cent last quarter of 2021, on the back of pent-up consumer spending. Other factors must drive future growth.

An adult penguin among many penguin chicks

This recession is not like any other in living memory. Phase one involved a massive supply shock, phase two will involve dealing with a collapse in demand.

Stimulus packages history first

The coronavirus pandemic has caused the most extensive disruption in decades to economies, with far-reaching consequences.

China commuters

The federal government should do five key things to keep more people working, says UNSW Business School labour markets expert Raja Junankar. 

‘The Tyranny of Social Distance’ preventing people from being in crowds and increasingly in smaller and smaller groups.

The global economy will never be the same again after the COVID-19 outbreak and neither will Australia in terms of how we work and how we engage with nature. 

J.W. Nevile Fellow Tim Harcourt from the UNSW Business School explains how the coronavirus will affect the Australian economy

J.W. Nevile Fellow Tim Harcourt from the UNSW Business School explains how the coronavirus will affect the Australian economy; namely the services exports, tourism and education where the big impacts will be felt.

Economy 2020

Weak GDP growth and the US-China trade dispute remain prominent economic challenges for 2020 according to UNSW's Professor Richard Holden.

Melbourne

More than good management and more than good luck, we've been blessed by delightfully fortunate timing.

Australia economy

The progress the Australian economy was making has been slowed or reversed, at exactly the wrong time.

Employment chart

Australia's trend unemployment rate remained steady in April 2019 at 5.1%, according to the latest information released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

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