There is no way Australia will avoid a very sharp fall in GDP in Q2 because of covid-19 shutdowns and restrictions. But there are increasing signs that the w...

Risk assets rose sharply in April, recovering some of the big losses incurred in February and March. While the deeply negative economic impact of COVID-19 re...

COVID-19 and the necessary health measures taken to contain its spread could create the deepest recession in Australia since the depression of the 1930s. In ...

The COVID-19 infection rate seems to be flattening and starting to reduce notably here in Australia. Some are starting to ask how long virus containment meas...

Risk assets suffered very sharp falls in March, with considerable volatility during the month. The factors driving almost all of the sell-off were the rapid ...

Most economic readings released over the past month reflect a pre-covid 19 world showing moderate to improving economic activity in January and February. One...

The number one government policy priority everywhere is trying to prevent health systems from being overwhelmed by the rising number of covid-19 cases. The b...

Government responses around the world to the spread of covid-19 have been fast changing over the past week in an attempt to try and lower the likely peak num...

In mid-February, we tried to assess what the covid-19 outbreak might mean for Australia’s economic growth prospects through 2020. Our view at the time was th...

Risk assets responded to news about the spread of the coronavirus in February, following evidence of a peaking in new cases in China before then falling shar...