Global Economy
Digital diplomacy links (defence special): White Paper, Army blogging, honeytraps and more
The launch of the Defence White Paper was a hot mess of hashtags: Prime Minister Turnbull (#DWP2016), Defence Minister Payne (#2016DWP), the Department of Defence (…
Financial regulation: Is Australia's 'twin peaks' model a successful export?
It is little known outside financial circles, but Australia is enjoying some success on the global stage as a policy exemplar.
Australia's model for the regulation of the…
G20 update: Finance ministers disappoint but China's leadership shows promise
G20 discussions were back in international media headlines during the last week, as Shanghai hosted the first major meeting of China's 2016 G20 Presidency. The concluding…
Reports
G20 Monitor: The Chinese 2016 G20 host year
The 19th issue of the G20 Monitor focuses on the state of the G20 in the initial months of the Chinese G20 Presidency and examines policies that could contribute to the G20’s core…
Digital Diplomacy links: Facebook leaders, Army brigades, social media mobility and more
As Australian digital diplomacy strives to catch up to rest of the world, these monthly links highlight the most creative and effective ways countries are leveraging the internet…
Global economy: Still firing, 'boringly normal' growth expected
To judge from the financial media reports or market commentary, global growth prospects are bad and deteriorating fast. But the IMF's just-updated growth figures — actual and…
Renminbi depreciation: The time has come for a more emphatic intervention
In the first of this two part series, Stephen Grenville examined two of the three main concerns about China's economy, the financial sector and the rate of GDP growth. Part two…
The Big Short: A reminder of the danger of groupthink
Steve Carrell and Ryan Gosling at The Big Short premiere. Photo: Barcroft Media via Getty Images
I’m looking forward to seeing The Big Short, which traces the stories…
Tech bubbles and unicorpses: New risks for the new year
Well, we seem to have scraped through the oft-predicted economic crises of 2015.
The financial markets spent the past year worried about the US Fed raising its policy interest…
IMF: the hard yards on reform are still to come
It finally happened. The US delivered on its long-standing promise to deliver the 2010 IMF quota and governance reforms, spreading a cascade of pre-Christmas cheer across the…