Richard Holden

Vital Signs: how inflation in China and the US could affect Australia

11 May 2018

Economic issues overseas could be more important for the Australian economy than domestic factors - in the next few months at least.

BusinessThink analysis of the 2018 budget

10 May 2018

A panel of UNSW Business School experts have assessed the 2018 federal budget - the major items and the details. The roundtable discussion was streamed live, and is available for viewing now.

2018 budget analysis: Professor Richard Holden, UNSW Business School

09 May 2018

Professor Richard Holden, UNSW Business School, explains why the budget was boring - but good.

Timing tricks hide the real federal budget story

09 May 2018

Politicians are gaming the system politicians when they pull good news forward and push bad news back, writes Richard Holden.

Morrison misses another opportunity with his budget tax plan

08 May 2018

The 2018 federal budget announced by Scott Morrison may be based on sound economics, but it is largely mundane in most areas.

Vital Signs: Fallout from banking crackdown could be worse than interest rate rises

04 May 2018

The impact of ASIC and APRA's response to the findings of the banking royal commission could be a gamechanger in 2018.

No RBA rate change, but economy sputtering along as federal budget nears

01 May 2018

Australia may be celebrating 103 quarters without a recession, but the figures may not be quite as rosy as they first appear.

Vital Signs: the calm before the storm in US-China trade

20 Apr 2018

While US President Donald Trump is now being advised by a heterodox economist, the effects of the ongoing trade war with China may take time to become evident.

Vital Signs: the world economy can benefit from a vindicated Trump

13 Apr 2018

US President Donald Trump's war of words with China over trade tariffs may have been vandalous, but could yet prove somewhat productive.

Vital Signs: What the Davos meeting is good for

26 Jan 2018

The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in the Swiss resort town of Davos has become a bit like the Academy Awards but it remains important for the Australian economy, writes Richard Holden.

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