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Saul Eslake

Saul Eslake is a Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Tasmania, and an independent consulting economist. He has previously been Chief Economist at the ANZ Bank, and at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Australia.

National affairs Saul Eslake 25 August 2025 Jim Chalmers’s roundtable cleared the way for much-needed tax reform
National affairs Saul Eslake 15 August 2025 A federal government faced with greater spending demands needs to bite the tax bullet National affairs Saul Eslake 3 June 2025 Growing wealth inequality is setting Australia up for conflict, but solutions aren’t out of reach National affairs Saul Eslake 6 April 2025 Australian exporters might well cope with a 10 per cent tariff, but a worldwide recession is another thing altogether National affairs Saul Eslake 26 March 2025 The 2025–26 budget had one modest surprise, but leaves a lot to the next parliament (and probably parliaments after that)
International Saul Eslake 24 October 2024 All signs suggest that China is in the grip of a long, self-induced economic slowdown
National affairs Saul Eslake 26 August 2024 Labor’s Future Made in Australia policy risks entrenching opaque subsidies in a favoured sector National affairs Saul Eslake 30 April 2021 Josh Frydenberg has moved further from Coalition orthodoxy on budget deficits National affairs Saul Eslake 22 March 2021 Labor is under pressure to wave through tax cuts that will make the tax system less progressive — and don’t stack up economically National affairs Saul Eslake 30 September 2020 Why are fines so popular in a state that sees itself as progressive?
National affairs Saul Eslake 11 September 2020 How one economist came to have doubts about the plan to lift the compulsory superannuation contribution rate
Essays & reportage Saul Eslake 17 August 2020 The figures show that Xi Jinping presides over a system that’s more resilient than its critics acknowledge Essays & reportage Saul Eslake 21 July 2020 Rather than handing over the job to charities and philanthropists, it’s time for Western governments to act decisively National affairs Saul Eslake 27 March 2020 What are the best estimates of the pandemic’s impact on the Australian economy and the job market? National affairs Saul Eslake 15 October 2018 With the US–China trade war escalating, the risks of a downturn are starting to overshadow the positive economic news
National affairs Saul Eslake 28 May 2018 Revoking Adani’s environmental approvals won’t create “sovereign risk” (and nor would most other government decisions)
National affairs Saul Eslake 13 February 2018 The impact of America’s badly timed stimulus will ripple across the world National affairs Saul Eslake 6 June 2017 Is Australia doing enough to reduce inequality? National affairs Saul Eslake 18 August 2016 In his last speech in the job, Glenn Stevens once again made a persuasive case for more infrastructure spending, writes Saul Eslake National affairs Saul Eslake 26 June 2016 The greatest immediate danger is contagion in the financial markets, writes Saul Eslake. Longer term, there are legitimate grievances to be dealt with
National affairs Saul Eslake 12 May 2016 Falling home ownership rates are bad for households and bad for the economy, writes Saul Eslake. Governments are starting to respond, but much more can be done