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Jonathan Rochford

Does anyone really care about housing affordability?

April 25, 2025 by Jonathan Rochford

Affordable Housing

Australia’s large construction industry is fully employed. Solving our housing affordability crisis must include reducing excessive demand.

Filed Under: Uncategorized

The RBA Board needs renewal and greater independence

March 23, 2024 by Jonathan Rochford

RBA needs renewal and independence

Recent events highlight the necessity of greater economic and financial markets expertise amongst Board members, as well as a reduction in the ability of government to override RBA decisions.

Filed Under: Banks Tagged With: Federal Government, RBA, RBA Board, RBA Board Renewal

Submission to the Productivity Commission Review of Philanthropy

February 8, 2024 by Jonathan Rochford

Philanthropy submission

The draft report’s aims of making the system simpler, fairer and consistent are laudable. However, the report itself is inconsistent in parts leading to several flawed conclusions.

Filed Under: Government Submissions Tagged With: Commission Review, Philanthropy

Submission to the Covid 19 Response Inquiry

December 20, 2023 by Jonathan Rochford

Submission to the Covid 19 Response Inquiry

The disastrous overreaction to Covid 19 by Australian Governments will leave Australia worse off on health and economic grounds for decades to come

Filed Under: Government Tagged With: Covd 19, Covid 19 Response Inquery

Submission to the National Housing and Homelessness Plan

September 21, 2023 by Jonathan Rochford

Submission to the National Housing and Homelessness Plan

Australia’s construction industry cannot supply the housing and infrastructure necessitated by extraordinarily high levels of migration.

Filed Under: Government Submissions Tagged With: National Housing and Homelessness Plan, Submission

Reflections ahead of Philip Lowe’s last speech

September 5, 2023 by Jonathan Rochford

Reflections ahead of Philip Lowe’s last speech

Arguably the most significant lesson is that future Governors should intervene with monetary policy far less than he did

Filed Under: Banks Tagged With: Philip Lowe, RBA

The RBA’s mistake was cutting the Cash Rate

March 23, 2023 by Jonathan Rochford

The RBA’s mistake was cutting the Cash Rate

By cutting too far the RBA helped create high inflation. Normalising interest rates is the economically prudent response.

Filed Under: Banks Tagged With: Cash Rate, Cash Rate Cut, RBA, RBA Mistake

Submission to the review of the Reserve Bank of Australia

November 22, 2022 by Jonathan Rochford

Submission to the review of the Reserve Bank of Australia

The RBA’s errors stem from a lack of diversity in economic analysis, with its often contradictory aims setting it up to fail.

Filed Under: Australia Tagged With: Reserve Bank of Australia, Submission

The rent is too darn high

April 30, 2022 by Jonathan Rochford

The rent is too darn high

The rapid decline in residential properties available for rent points to a greater proportion of low income Australians becoming homeless

Filed Under: Money Tagged With: House Prices, Housing, Rent, Rental Affordability

Do rate rises cause recessions?

March 26, 2022 by Jonathan Rochford

Do rate rises cause recessions?

Governments and economists might finally be realising that excessive stimulus creates and exacerbates recessions

Filed Under: Government Tagged With: Excessive Stimulus, Rate Rises, Recessions

The cyclicality of capital allocation

February 26, 2022 by Jonathan Rochford

Cyclicality of capital allocation

With long term bond yields rising, investors are likely to allocate their capital very differently than they did in the last few years

Filed Under: Investment Tagged With: Bond Yields, Capital Allocation, Capital Investment, Investment

A bear market without a recession?

January 29, 2022 by Jonathan Rochford

Bear market without a recession

The prospect of a recession normally accompanies a slump in asset prices, but the current starting point and trigger are somewhat different from historical examples

Filed Under: Australia Tagged With: Bear Market, Recession

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