Associate Professor Sam Tsiaplias

Principal Research Fellow, Macroeconomics Research Program, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne

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Business & Economics

What we can expect from the 2023 economic ‘misery index’

Australia’s high interest rates and low GDP growth are pushing our Economic Misery Index higher, but hopefully not for long

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Business & Economics

Home ownership stays a pipe dream for many

Despite rising numbers of new home loans amid the COVID-19 economic recovery, the outlook for housing affordability remains bleak and more of us will be renting long term

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Business & Economics

2019 Budget: The Verdict Part 1

From the politics and macro numbers, to infrastructure and domestic violence, University of Melbourne experts dissect the government’s election budget in part one of our coverage

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Business & Economics

2018 Budget: The big takeaways

Economists are concerned a flatter tax system will heighten inequality, while the challenge of affording an older Australia still needs to be addressed ... sometime

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Business & Economics

Sleepwalking into a deficit experiment

Simply reining in Australia’s Federal budget deficit isn’t enough. We need long term planning if we are to afford our ageing population