Fiscal policy
Report
Senate Select Committee on the Cost of Living: second interim report
The Committee's first interim report showed that many Australians are now doing it tough and facing unprecedented economic pressures. This second report examines household cost pressures for food, groceries, energy prices and housing costs.
Report
Macroeconomic policies for inflation: lessons learned from COVID-19
This report provides a summary of the monetary and fiscal policies enacted in Australia that were aimed at stabilising the domestic economy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Briefing paper
Assessing the economic and fiscal impacts of climate change in New Zealand
This paper serves as a background paper for New Zealand's CEFA framework. It details the influence of other international frameworks and then walks through the components of the framework, explaining how they fit together to paint a more comprehensive picture.
Report
Strengthening the UK’s fiscal framework: putting fiscal rules in their place
Fiscal policy-making in the United Kingdom has been far from perfect. Problems like short-termism, policy churn and gaming of the system are often blamed on fiscal rules. This report examines whether that is fair, or whether these issues are rooted more deeply in the underlying fiscal framework. It also makes recommendations for strengthening fiscal policy-making.
Policy report
A better future with a Future Fund
The Future Fund was established in 2006 to strengthen Australia’s long-term financial position. This paper sets out the positive case for the Future Fund, and argues why Australia is better off having it.