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Peter Martin

Peter Martin

Peter is The Conversation‘s business and economy editor and a Visiting Fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the ANU.

Latest from Peter Martin

Australia’s top economists on how to best fix high inflation

Finance

Australia’s top economists on how to best fix high inflation
Interest rates will keep rising because the Reserve Bank is scared it can’t contain inflation

Finance

Interest rates will keep rising because the Reserve Bank is scared it can’t contain inflation
Why is Labor trying to wind back superannuation reforms, and what could be the outcome?

Finance

Why is Labor trying to wind back superannuation reforms, and what could be the outcome?
Why the RBA won’t continue to raise rates at the level the market expects

Finance

Why the RBA won’t continue to raise rates at the level the market expects
Why the Stage 3 tax cut won’t benefit everyone, and work against the RBA’s measures to counter inflation

Tax

Election 2022

Why the Stage 3 tax cut won’t benefit everyone, and work against the RBA’s measures to counter inflation
How the RBA being too aggressive on interest rates could cause a recession

Finance

How the RBA being too aggressive on interest rates could cause a recession
Climate change is the most important issue for the incoming government, say Australia’s top economists

Election 2022

Finance

Climate change is the most important issue for the incoming government, say Australia’s top economists
Australia’s economists want emissions cuts, not tax cuts, in the upcoming budget

Federal Budget 2022

Finance

Australia’s economists want emissions cuts, not tax cuts, in the upcoming budget
The Reserve Bank won’t hike interest rates just yet. Here’s why

Finance

The Reserve Bank won’t hike interest rates just yet. Here’s why
Budget 2022: Fuel prices are soaring, but cutting petrol tax isn't the best solution

Federal Budget 2022

Finance

Budget 2022: Fuel prices are soaring, but cutting petrol tax isn’t the best solution
How the federal government gave us a flawed tax offset that we could be stuck with forever

Federal Budget 2022

Tax

How the federal government gave us a flawed tax offset that we could be stuck with forever
Top economists say lifting the ceiling on Australia’s migrant intake would help COVID-19 recovery

Finance

Top economists say lifting the ceiling on Australia’s migrant intake would help COVID-19 recovery