Professor Richard Holden

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Australia continues to create jobs, but wages aren’t keeping up and policymakers are running out of options, writes Richard Holden.

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Richard Holden considers how Australia should navigate the current turbulent political and economic climate.

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Housing credit is still propping up lending in Australia while the US economy goes from strength to strength, writes Richard Holden.

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Richard Holden explains why central banks can't deal with simultaneous low unemployment and inflation.

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There are signs our frothy housing market, combined with rising interest rates, could have serious consequences for our economy, writes Richard Holden.

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Data released this week in Australia and the United States showed continued strength – or at least a lack of weakness – in consumer spending and unemployment, writes Richard Holden.

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How Australia builds on its unique strengths at a time of rapid change and uncertainty will be discussed at a public forum at UNSW on 29 August.

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From the disillusioned middle class to fake news, a Sydney Writers' Festival panel discussed how inequality has come to be a mark of the Trump presidency. 

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Australia's gloomy economic outlook has not been helped by the big four banks' decision to hold back on interest rate cuts, writes Richard Holden. 

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Who is right? Is Brexit a big economic deal or not? In the short-term, unlikely, in the longer term it will be much tougher, writes Richard Holden.

 

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