Dr Stephen Grenville AO
Nonresident Fellow
Areas of expertise
Regional economic integration; Australia's economic relations with East Asia; international financial flows and the global financial architecture; financial sector development in East Asia
Biography
Publications
Dr Grenville is a Nonresident Fellow at the Lowy Institute. He works as a consultant on financial sector issues in East Asia. Between 1982 and 2001 he worked at the Reserve Bank of Australia, for the last five years as Deputy Governor and Board member. Before that, Dr Grenville was with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris, the International Monetary Fund in Jakarta, the Australian National University and the Department of Foreign Affairs.
The sky is not falling on Asia’s central banks
Each ephemeral piece of news is presented as a narrative of impending doom.
CPTPP wobbles over foreign investor rights
After years of negotiation and drama, the revived agreement on balance is probably advantageous for global trade.
Multilateral trade versus self-interest
Australia could chose an approach to minimise the political damage from failing to obtain an exemption to Trump’s tariffs.
Company tax cuts: America versus Australia
Rather than continue a race-to-the-bottom on company tax, a sensible global regime is needed.
Central banks changing of the guard
While the tradition of central bank independence is relatively new, the idea has held firm.
Commentary
'Message to Trump – no TPP renegotiation'
Originally published in the Nikkei Asian Review (Photo: Washington Post/Getty Images).
Stephen Grenville
China’s economic gloom merchants
China will one day run into the same growth-constraining factors as South Korea and Japan. But not yet.
Don’t renegotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Negotiations that enhance trade openness would be fine, but it is clear this is not what Trump has in mind.
Rethinking macroeconomics: the missing financial sector
Neither monetary nor fiscal policy caused the 2007–08 crisis: the direct blame lies squarely with the financial sector.
