Productivity

New Zealand has an even bigger productivity problem than Australia.

Has the abundance agenda infected Australia's federal Labor party?

Australia has a productivity problem but we won't find solutions by copying the recent economic shifts in the US.

Australia's cost of living crisis has likely been overblown, but it's no cause for celebration.

A new report adds to growing evidence that poor construction productivity flows from land use regulations and tax policy.

Here’s some of what I’ve been reading from outside Australia recently, along with a few short thoughts on each.

This is the first of what I intend to become a regular Oz Econ Pulse, a free roundup of the economic, political, and social trends that impact Australia.

Please note that I’m travelling internationally this week and will have limited access to a computer, so Aussienomics will be taking a short breather ahead of the inevitable chaos that will be the run-up to the federal election, which—if called by the end of this month—could be held as soon as 3 May.

Barring major cyclonic damage from Alfred as it barrels into Brisbane tomorrow morning—for those of you in its path, stay safe!—Albo appears all but certain to call an election on either Sunday or Monday, after the week’s expenditure review committee (ERC) meetings were all reportedly cancelled.

Australia's economy risks stagnation as government spending crowds out the private sector, increasing inflation, slowing productivity, and leaving the nation vulnerable to European-style economic malaise.