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The International Economics Program
The International Economics program aims to explain developments in the international economy, and influence policy. It does so by undertaking independent analytical research.
The International Economics program contributes to the Lowy Institute’s core publications: policy briefs and policy analyses. For example, the program contributed the Lowy Institute Paper, John Edwards’ Beyond the Boom, which argued that Australia’s transition away from the commodities boom will be quite smooth.
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The Australian economy: How does it compare?
The meeting of the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Sydney next weekend provides an excuse to turn the spotlight inwards, towards the domestic economy. The IMF…
Hockey's speech and global monetary-policy spillover
In his speech at the Lowy Institute last week, Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey made a clear case for international policy coordination: 'in a globalised world every…
What can be done about income inequality?
The income-inequality debate is an old one, but it’s getting renewed interest, most recently from President Obama in his State of the Union address, where he advocated raising…
Despite free-market orthodoxy, not all foreign capital is equal
'Storms gather over emerging economies’. So says the Financial Times editorial. This latest alarm reflects a concern that the tapering of the US Fed's quantitative easing (QE)…
Tony Abbott's G20 vision at Davos: It's a start
On 23 February Prime Minister Abbott delivered a much anticipated speech to World Economic Forum at Davos outlining Australia's vision for the G20. The immediate response on…
A mug's game: Forecasting China's economic future
Forecasting is a mug's game, but we can't resist. Economists usually take a stab at the central growth forecast and then add a shopping-list of things that might go wrong. If you…
International economy: What's in store for 2014?
Let's start with the global economic outlook. A common view is that advanced economies are at last on the mend and will take over the running from the emerging economies, which…
Does monetary policy need to be reinvented?
There is a widespread view that monetary policy has been fundamentally changed by the 2008 financial crisis. The IMF’s Chief Economist Olivier Blanchard says that ‘Monetary…
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Where have we got to?
The latest round of negotiations in Singapore for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) wound up last week, still a long way short of agreement. Negotiators will meet again in…
Corruption, the Dutch disease and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
On 31 October British Prime Minister David Cameron announced at the Open Government Partnership Summit in London that a register of who owns and controls companies in the UK will…