Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra
I have a PhD in political science and Masters degrees in Economics and Applied Finance. I have headed the economics division at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and been a senior economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia, Bank for International Settlements and Australian Treasury and secretary to the Senate Economics Committee.
Will digital currencies become the norm as the world moves towards a cashless society?
Jul 03, 2024 14:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Digital Currency
More than 90% of the worlds central banks are looking at introducing a central bank digital currency (CBDC), to complement existing banknotes. What is a central bank digital currency? A CBDC is not a new currency. It...
Inflation is slowly falling, while student debt is climbing: 6 graphs that explain today’s CPI
Apr 25, 2024 06:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Australias inflation rate has fallen for the fifth successive quarter, and its now less than half of what it was back in late 2022. The annual rate peaked at 7.8% in the December quarter of 2022 and is now just 3.6%, in...
Mar 07, 2024 07:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
With most economists expecting interest rates to start falling later this year, prospective home buyers might be weighing up whether to buy now for fear of strong competition for stock, or waiting until repayments are...
Chalmers changes tack as economic growth sinks to a new post-pandemic low
Mar 06, 2024 22:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Wednesdays national accounts show economic activity barely grew during the three months to December, climbing just 0.2%. Thats the lowest growth rate in four quarters, each of which was lower than the one before...
Happy birthday AUD: how our Australian dollar was floated, 40 years ago this week
Dec 04, 2023 12:29 pm UTC| Economy Insights & Views
These days, we take for granted that the value of the Australian dollar fluctuates against other currencies, changing thousands of times a day and at times jumping or falling quite a lot in the space of a week. But for...
Sam Bankman-Fried convicted for massive FTX fraud, in stark reminder of risks of crypto trading
Nov 04, 2023 03:41 am UTC| Law Digital Currency
It is not just crypto tokens that have spectacular downfalls. So can crypto personalities. Sam Bankman-Fried founded FTX, one of the worlds largest exchanges for so-called cryptocurrencies, which collapsed last year...
Oct 25, 2023 14:27 pm UTC| Economy
Todays figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show inflation fell in the September quarter for the third consecutive quarter. But petrol prices kept it uncomfortably high. After reaching a 30-year high of...
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