Research Topic: Macroeconomics

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Profit share

The roles of profits, wages and costs in driving inflation has been widely discussed in recent months. Claims by the

Profits and Inflation in Mining and Non-Mining Sectors

New research from the Centre for Future Work at the Australia Institute has shed further light on the role of

RBA Review a Missed Opportunity

The Commonwealth Treasury has released the report of a three-person panel charged with reviewing the structure, governance, and effectiveness of

Submission to the Reserve Bank Reforms 2023 bill

The Australia Institute argued that the RBA review’s proposal to remove the Australian Parliament’s power to override the RBA on

The Irrelevance of Minimum Wages to Future Inflation

Increasing minimum wage would not drive inflation up: new report A significant increase to the minimum wage, and accompanying increases

The Limits of CGE Modelling

Economic modelling is a central element of economic and policy debate in Australia. Yet the assumptions that underpin the most

Tolerate Unemployment, but Blame the Unemployed

Chronic Unemployment a Consequence of Deliberate Economic Policies For the last generation macroeconomic policy in Australia has been based on

Wages, Taxes and the Budget: How to Genuinely Improve Living Standards

This week’s pre-election Commonwealth budget will feature reductions in personal income taxes, as the Coalition government tries to overcome a

What’s a Million, Anyway?

Million jobs not what it used to be: new report In the lead-up to the 2013 federal election, then-Opposition Leader

An Economy That Works for People

The new Commonwealth government is hosting a major Jobs Summit in September 2022, bring together representatives from a range of