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COVID-19 and the global microchip shortage
John Hopkins | June 5, 2021The manufacturing world is facing one of its greatest challenges in years in the form of a global shortage of semiconductors – and there doesn’t appear to be an end in sight.
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Tougher environmental policies can create economic winners
Ou Yang | June 4, 2021There seems to be a working assumption that if Australia adopts tougher environmental policies, then economic growth will be undermined but new research finds the opposite is true.
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Bouncing back
Richard Holden | May 29, 2021An uptick in business investment suggests a bright outlook for jobs and output as the economy recovers from the measures imposed to control COVID-19.
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A billion-dollar waste of migrant skills
Prabha Bogoda Arachchige | May 24, 2021One in four permanent skilled migrants work in a job beneath their skill level according to a CEDA report, and this skill underutilisation is costing the Australian economy at least $1.25 billion.
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Economic ups and downs
Richard Holden | May 23, 2021Australia’s official unemployment rate falling to 5.5% is enough to make a treasurer dance but we shouldn’t get too carried away.
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The budget can help young workers
Craig Donaldson | May 5, 2021Labour market scarring can have a lifelong effect on people’s earnings and their ability to climb the employment ladder, says UNSW Business School’s Richard Holden.
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Can Asia reinvent global trade?
Bilahari Kausikan | April 27, 2021Asia is becoming the world’s most important trading region, and its political divisions and realities are increasingly shaping the global economy.
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The risks of economic coercion
Youngseok Park | April 12, 2021China’s attempts to bully Australia and other nations through trade bans could back-fire.
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Labor’s plan to boost post-pandemic manufacturing
Michelle Grattan | March 31, 2021The Labor Party has pledged the creation of a $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund to promote manufacturing in Australia’s post pandemic economy.
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More vaccinations means more jobs
Richard Holden | March 27, 2021Australia weathered the pandemic well, but a greater sense of urgency is required to vaccinate the population and get the economy going again.
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The new normal should be better than before
Ross Garnaut | February 21, 2021Talk about returning the economy to normal after the crisis is misguided. Before the crisis, normal was nowhere near good enough and we can do better now.
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We’re on the way back but it’s a risky road ahead
Richard Holden | February 7, 2021Australia’s continued recovery from the economic effects of measures to limit COVID-19 depend on how much we spend and how quickly we get the vaccine.