Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Peter Martin is Business and Economy Editor of The Conversation and a visiting fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the ANU.
A former Treasury official with an honours degree in economics, he has worked as the economics correspondent for ABC radio, as the ABC's Tokyo correspondent and as economics editor of The Age.
With Dr Gigi Foster of UNSW he created The Economists podcast on ABC Radio National. In 2016 he was made a Distinguished Alumni of Flinders University in recognition of his contribution to the community's understanding of economics.
Why it's a good bet the RBA's Melbourne Cup Day interest rate hike will be the last
Nov 08, 2023 12:06 pm UTC| Economy Central Banks
Australia just became become the odd one out. At its meeting last week, the US Federal Reserve kept its official interest rate on hold. A week earlier, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Canada kept their rates...
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Nov 01, 2023 07:11 am UTC| Economy Central Banks
Each of Australias big four banks is now predicting a rate rise in six days time on Melbourne Cup Tuesday. It would add another A$77 to the monthly cost of servicing a $500,000 mortgage and be enough to take the total...
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Oct 17, 2023 15:31 pm UTC| Life
If were upset about the price of petrol, why do we drive the vehicles we do? SUVs (so-called sport utility vehicles) use more fuel per kilometre than standard cars according to the International Energy Agency, up to...
The RBA has kept interest rates on hold. Here's why it'll be cautious from here on
Jul 04, 2023 07:39 am UTC| Economy Central Banks
The Reserve Bank decided to keep interest rates on hold at 4.1% because it thinks theres a chance just a chance it has lifted them all it needs to. In his statement released after Tuesdays board meeting, Governor...
What made rents soar? It might have been COVID, and pairing off
Apr 11, 2023 11:21 am UTC| Economy Real Estate
So, you think you know why rents climbed. You probably think was skyrocketing interest rates and a tsunami of migration. Its true that interest rates have jumped more over the past year than at any time on record,...
Mar 15, 2023 15:56 pm UTC| Economy
In drawing up his plans to more effectively tax large superannuation accounts, Treasurer Jim Chalmers might have stumbled upon a really good idea. If applied more broadly, it could at last tax rich Australians in...
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