Lecturer, Monash University
Zac Gross is a Lecturer at Monash University and founding member of ‘What if, Australia?’ A forum devoted to ambitious new public ideas for Australia.
RBA starts three-year countdown to lift in interest rates
Jul 06, 2021 08:55 am UTC| Economy Central Banks
In line with expectations, the Reserve Bank of Australia has announced it will keep official interest rates on hold at 0.10%. But is also ready to start tapering off its unconventional monetary policy measures...
Negative rates explained: how money for (less than) nothing is helping out the budget
Dec 17, 2020 11:07 am UTC| Economy
A week ahead of Thursdays budget update, it finally happened. Instead of the government paying to borrow in a way that would add to the burden on the budget (as has happened since time immemorial) it actually got paid...
Small businesses are being starved of funds: here's how to make their loans cheaper
Aug 14, 2020 15:49 pm UTC| Economy
The government has widely touted its support for small businesses most notably the provision of loans subsidised by the Reserve Bank. In its economic update on Friday the Reserve Bank talked up its low-cost Term...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight