Bill Mitchell | Billy blog

Macroeconomic research, teaching and advocacy
  1. I regularly encounter mainstream economists who are confounded by the dissonance that the body of theory they have been working in introduces and...
  2. Today (March 29, 2023), the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest ‘monthly’ CPI data – Monthly Consumer Price...
  3. I have read an interesting reports in the last months that demonstrate there is a shift in thinking about inflation – away from the tired...
  4. I had a sense of déjà vu this week when I read the latest release from Australia’s Productivity Commission – Advancing Prosperity...
  5. In the latest IMF Finance and Development journal (March 2023), there is an interesting article by the former governor of the Bank of Japan, Masaaki...
  6. Today, I am over committed and have to travel some, and, luckily, we have a guest blogger in the guise of Professor Scott Baum from Griffith...
  7. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released of the latest labour force data today (March 16, 2023) – Labour Force, Australia –...
  8. The transitory view of the current inflation episode is getting more support from the evidence. Yesterday’s US inflation data from the Bureau...
  9. Last Friday (March 10, 2023), the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released their latest labour market data – Employment Situation Summary...
  10. In the light of recent debates about whether we are back in the 1970s, where the only ostensible similarity is that inflation has accelerated over...