In light of the continued diplomatic truce with Taiwan, this paper reassesses the drivers of China’s engagement in the Pacific, examines trends in China’s aid giving and associated concerns, as well as survey results of China’s follow-through on aid delivery since 2005. This is the fourth in a series of Lowy Institute reports on China’s...

This paper focuses on lending to households in Australia and particularly on the largest household debt market - the one trillion dollar home loan market which constitutes around sixty percent of Australian banks’ assets.

Banks were portrayed as the villains of the global financial crisis; many of the big international banks and their executives were associated with greed and excessive risk-taking. Regulators were obliged to step in with unprecedented rescue packages to save the financial systems in the US, the UK and, to a lesser extent, the major European...

In response to the global financial crisis the government introduced two guarantee schemes for authorised deposit-taking institutions, one for deposits and one for wholesale funding. This report assesses the schemes and makes recommendations for future arrangements.

This report looks at the economic, social and employment impacts of the recent mergers among Australian banks.