Chief economist Saul Eslake’s knack for number-crunching
Profile | 3rd June 2009
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT
Speaking Engagement | Boardroom Advisory | Commissioned Report | Expert Witness
Saul Eslake spoke to Zurich Australia executives and staff at their ‘Accelerate’ conference in Sydney on 9th May 2024, covering short- and longer-term trends in major ‘advanced’ economies, China, India and Australia, with a bit of geo-politics thrown in.
“You are the best economic thinker in the country hands down”
Sheryle Bagwell, recently retired Senior Business Correspondent (and sometime Executive Producer),
ABC Radio National Breakfast
“Just want to congratulate you Saul on the unbelievably good set of slides you just presented, possibly the best I have ever seen. You have set the bar very high.”
Dr Joe Flood, Adjunct Fellow, RMIT University, Pandemicia
“Thank you very much for your excellent presentation for the Economic Society today. It is always a great pleasure to hear your eloquent, up-to-date and comprehensive talks.”
Andrew Trembath, economist, Victorian and Australian Government agencies
WHAT'S NEW
Most Recent Articles, Talks and Presentations
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, News, Recent Media Interview, The Australian Economy, Topics
24th July 2024
Have we passed ‘peak China’? (and might a big fall in the RMB be on the horizon?)
Asian Economies, The Global Economy
11th July 2024
‘The Big Picture’
Asian Economies, Economic Policies, Economic Video, The Australian Economy, The Global Economy
22nd June 2024
ATO’s Latest Taxation Statistics – June 2024
News, Recent Media Interview, Taxation
20th June 2024
Other central banks are cutting rates, why isnt the RBA?
Economic Policies, News, Recent Media Interview, The Australian Economy
13th June 2024
Interest Rate and Inflation – Where to now?
Economic Policies, News, Recent Media Interview, The Australian Economy
8th June 2024
The pros and cons of cutting immigration
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Recent Media Interview, The Australian Economy
7th June 2024
A post-Budget conversation
Economic Policies, The Australian Economy
16th May 2024
The 2024-25 Australian Government Budget – An Assessment
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, The Australian Economy
15th May 2024
Upcoming Federal Budget with Laura Jayes
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, News, The Australian Economy
13th May 2024
Preview of the 2024-25 Federal Budget
Economic Policies, News, The Australian Economy
11th May 2024
The WA GST deal – the worst public policy decision of the 21st century thus far – Address to the National Press Club
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies
8th May 2024
The implications of Australia’s higher-than-expected March quarter inflation numbers
News, The Australian Economy
25th April 2024
‘A distinctive part of life in Australia’ The Declining Dream of Homeownership
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Housing
17th April 2024
PUBLICATIONS
Here you can find articles or essays which I have written and which have been published elsewhere
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Publications, The Australian Economy | 23rd May 2022
Who are the ‘better managers’ of Australia’s economy?
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Publications, The Australian Economy | 21st April 2022
The costs and consequences of ‘small business fetishism’
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, Publications, Taxation, The Australian Economy | 10th December 2021
A chat with Alan Kohler
Economic Video, Publications | 19th October 2021
Old wine in new bottles: more ‘rent-seeking’ from South Australian manufacturing interests
Economic Policies, Publications, The Australian Economy | 17th September 2021
NEWS
TV, Radio & Print Media
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, News, Recent Media Interview, The Australian Economy, Topics | 24th July 2024
ATO’s Latest Taxation Statistics – June 2024
News, Recent Media Interview, Taxation | 20th June 2024
Other central banks are cutting rates, why isnt the RBA?
Economic Policies, News, Recent Media Interview, The Australian Economy | 13th June 2024
Interest Rate and Inflation – Where to now?
Economic Policies, News, Recent Media Interview, The Australian Economy | 8th June 2024
Upcoming Federal Budget with Laura Jayes
Australian Society and Politics, Economic Policies, News, The Australian Economy | 13th May 2024
TESTIMONIALS
What Others Say
“You are one of the best at what you do in the world”
Gail Fosler, Chief Economist, The Conference Board, New York, December 2002
“I have never known an economist to have such a knowledge of world economic facts and to be able to bring to bear so much information in answering a question without notice”
Charles Goode, Chairman, ANZ Bank, July 2009
“Saul Eslake is … a highly regarded independent economist with the highest degree of integrity"
John Durie, Columnist, The Australian, July 2009
“… one of the few people in this world who can have so many oranges up in the air at the same time but still manage to catch them"
Andrew Clark, journalist, Australian Financial Review, November 2008
LINKS
Useful Links
Below is a list of links I’ve found useful under the following broad topics
- Data and policy
- Australian economic data
- Australian economic policy makers
- Overseas and international economic statistics
- Economic journalists, economists and academics
- Australian economic journalists
- Australian economists and academics
- Overseas economists, journalists and academics