Global Economy

Emerging from COVID: Policy Responses to the Pandemic
Policy Briefs
Emerging from COVID: Policy Responses to the Pandemic
Lowy Institute experts provide policy recommendations for Australia to address issues that are critical to our nation's — and the world's — successful emergence from the pandemic.
Economic diplomacy: Positive globalism and American exceptionalism
Economic diplomacy: Positive globalism and American exceptionalism
Hindsight There was one phrase that would have neatly rounded out the interesting complementary speeches delivered by Australia’s two key international affairs ministers this…
The geopolitical consequences of a pandemic
The geopolitical consequences of a pandemic
The global system is in a state of flux. China’s renewed territorial assertions and growing military power continue to pose challenges to regional peace and stability. US-Russia…
COVIDcast: World economy in flux
COVIDcast: World economy in flux
In this episode of COVIDcast, Lowy Institute lead economist Roland Rajah sat down with Adam Tooze to discuss how the Covid-19 economic crisis is evolving and reshaping the world…
COVIDcast: Adam Tooze on a world economy in flux
Podcasts
COVIDcast: Adam Tooze on a world economy in flux
Roland Rajah, Lowy Institute lead economist, sits down with Adam Tooze, Professor of History at Columbia University and the Director of its European Institute, to discuss how the…
Economic diplomacy: Asian investment, super tension & the WTO hot seat
Economic diplomacy: Asian investment, super tension & the WTO hot seat
ASEAN rising Australian businesses in Southeast Asia are showing continued faith in regional economic integration despite the relatively lacklustre cross border political…
Getting back to harvest: The way forward after China’s barley tariff
Getting back to harvest: The way forward after China’s barley tariff
China’s decision to impose heavy tariffs on Australian barley and the alleged connection with Australia’s call for an independent international investigation into the origins of…
​​​​​​​COVIDcast Episode 12: Pandemic, emerging markets, and US dollar
​​​​​​​COVIDcast Episode 12: Pandemic, emerging markets, and US dollar
In Episode 12 of COVIDcast, Roland Rajah, Director of the International Economy Program, sat down with Brad Setser, Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on…
COVIDcast: Emerging markets, the pandemic, and the role of the US dollar
Podcasts
COVIDcast: Emerging markets, the pandemic, and the role of the US dollar
Roland Rajah, Director of the International Economy Program, sits down with Brad Setser, Senior Fellow for International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations, to discuss the…
Economic diplomacy: Mood shift afoot
Economic diplomacy: Mood shift afoot
Retail therapyWhen even the normally unflappable Trade Minister Simon Birmingham bluntly tells business to reduce ties with the country that has underpinned the Australian economy…