Posts tagged "government spending"

Thirteen leading economists say they back RBA governor Philip Lowe over Treasurer Josh Frydenberg when it comes to boosting the economy.

With income tax cuts and a return to surplus earlier than expected, Treasurer Scott Morrison has certainly delivered a budget full of pre-election sweeteners.

By Alan Duncan, Curtin University and Rebecca Cassells, Curtin University

Successive Australian governments are usually judged on how th…

By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra

The government will highlight in its May 9 budget a distinction between “good” debt,…

By Katherine Hunt, Griffith University

The Reserve Bank kept interest rates at a record low of 1.5% on Tuesday. Such low rates create ec…