Peter Martin

Leading economists say Australia should aim for at least 190,000 migrants per year as it opens its borders.

If performance and education matter we ought to be treating clean air as an investment in productivity, over and above its undoubted benefit in containing the spread of COVID-19.

A budget that forecast a rate lower than 4%, but adopted as a target or stretch forecast an unemployment rate lower than 3%, would make history.

The September quarter national accounts released on Wednesday are a statement of their time — they show what things were like when NSW, Victoria and the ACT were locked down.

Introducing international-grade emissions standards would not require a tax and would not require a tax concession. It would merely require regulations of the kind in place elsewhere.

The panel of 58 top Australian economists selected by the Economic Society of Australia wants the carbon price restored to the public agenda even though it was rejected seven years ago.

The parliamentary inquiry commissioned by the treasurer in July is called an inquiry into affordability and supply, but the word “affordability” appears in none of its three terms of reference.

APRA is required to rate each MySuper fund with a pass or a fail according to how they have managed their members’ money.

Australia’s economy was performing exceptionally well in the lead-up to the Delta variant lockdowns, propped up by a barrage of government spending in the three months to June and impressive household spending.

Published research on small payment incentives shows they are extraordinarily effective, often more effective than big ones.

The biggest unstated message from the intergenerational report released during the lull between lockdowns is that we will need more tax.

The consensus of 23 leading Australian economists is that the economy will be reliant on government support for some time to come.