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Australian Economy Research Paper

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Good afternoon, allow me to introduce myself. I’m Braiden Simpson, advisor to the treasury. Thank you for inviting me here to speak to you today about the current economic climate and to discuss well-structured policies and strategies to ensure the sustained wellbeing and growth of the Australian economy. We are all aware that through the introduction of strong policies that stimulate economic growth, policies that protect jobs, encourage job creation and the need to keep our economy stable through well managed macro-economic policies are what is required to ensure a continued advanced Australian welfare. Macro-economic policies are concerned with policies issues and objectives that affect the whole of our economy, however there are three main …show more content…

Conflict can occur between economic growth and inflation which in turn leads to conflict between unemployment and inflation. When an economy grows too quickly pressure on inflation rates increase. Australia’s current inflation rate is 1.3% (Economy Snapshot RBA 2016) The current acceptable rate of inflation nationally is between 1% to 3%. Inflation is defined as the sustained rise in the general level of prices in a market. For prices to be stable we should aim for 0% inflation rate. Introducing a fluid monetary policy which concentrates on identifying the fundamental causes of inflation rate rises in an economy, will assist in keeping inflation under control. For instance, if there were to be an excessive increase in demand for goods and services, demand being the primary factor for a rise in inflation, on a government level it should say to us, we need to identify the causes and commence action as quickly as possible to decrease the level of demand to ensure stability of the inflation …show more content…

Economic indicators are a crucial guide for gaining an understanding of the statistics of how efficiently our resources are being utilised. This is why the unemployment rate and also the full time employment rate are such monumental subjects of attention. The unemployment rate could be further diluted with the investment into education and training of Australians with the added benefit of protection against unemployment in the case of an economic boom. Economically successful companies have a strangle hold on the global marketplace, this advantage is derived from the gap in education and training of the workers these companies employ. Highly educated employees yield better productivity meaning faster production for the company and an increase in intrinsic motivation by earning more on average. (Investopedia, Education Training Advantages, 2016)This in turn benefits the entire economy due to decreasing unemployment and increasing residents’ disposable income. For Australia to remain a threat to the market and gain greater diversity, skill acquisition is paramount but only gained through education and formal recognition. A perfect example of this is despite the recent negotiations for free trade agreement china has lowered their demand for Australian commodities. This has had a massive impact since 2011(Australia’s ToT, SMH, 2016) and has seen a massive plummet in commodity

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