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Earlier this week (July 28, 2026), the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia presented to a fundraising event in Sydney on the topic of – Monetary Policy in an Era of Shocks. Later she conducted a Q&A session where she declined to answer key questions about the policy choices the RBA has taken under…

Over the last several years, I have been indicating that I think we are in the endgame for neoliberalism as a dominant ideology. On many fronts, the signs are that its institutional structure has failed and the promises that justified that structure have not materialised. I know there is a difference between the promises to…

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest labour force data today (July 23, 2026) – Labour Force, Australia – for June 2026 – which provided mixed signals about the state of the labour market. While employment growth was positive, it was biased to part-time work, which is perhaps signalling a weakening as the…

In addition to the basis academic research that occupies my working time and is funded by national competitive research funding agencies such as the Australian Research Council, I also do commissioned work for various organisations, mostly unions and community groups. That income allows me to also cross subsidise the basic research and is how a…

Earlier this year, I analysed how decisions taken by the Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund to speculate in global financial markets have played a significant role in the depreciation of the yen. In this blog post – Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund and the yen – mainstream macro myths driving bad policy (February 2, 2026)…