Economic indicators
Report
Measuring good work: the final report of the Measuring Job Quality Working Group
The UK current performs strongly on job creation, with each record low unemployment statistic celebrated in the national media. But why do we not have any similar measures for understanding quality of work and how we can make work better? This report considers the practical challenges of implementing national job quality measurement in the UK.
Report
2018-19 Budget: medium-term projections
This report analyses projections for receipts and spending at a detailed level over the period to 2028‐29 to explain the main reasons for the projected return to surplus, fall in net debt, and increase in net financial worth over this period. This analysis takes the budget forward estimates as the starting point and projects receipts...
Report
Trade wars: there are no winners
This report examines the current 'trade war' between the US and China and assesses the consequences if it stays limited or expands globally.
Report
Australian trade and investment liberalisation: analysis of the economic and distributional impacts on Victoria
This report estimates how the trade and investment liberalisation undertaken by Australia over the 1986–2016 period has impacted the Victorian economy, as well as how the incidence of these reforms varies across different Victorian households.
Briefing paper
Community pulse 2018: the economic disconnect - New South Wales
This brief paper summarises Western Australia's results of nation-wide polling exploring Australians’ attitudes to work, education, health, community and the economy. The full results are contained in the report Community pulse 2018: the economic disconnect. This New South Wales summary is a companion paper to the main report.