Matt Saunders is a Senior Economist at the Australia Institute. He has published widely on a diverse range of subjects including climate change, energy markets, superannuation and retirement incomes, taxation and tax concessions, large-scale projection evaluations, the federal Budget, and free-trade agreements. Specialising in quantitative techniques and economic modelling, prior to the Australia Institute he refined his skills at Industry Super Australia, Deloitte Access Economics, and ABARES. He has an honours degree in Economics with postgraduate studies in Data Science.
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Labour costs have played an insignificant role in the recent increase in inflation, accounting for just 15% of economy wide
New research confirms that higher corporate profits still account for most of the rise in economy-wide unit prices in Australia
Redirecting public funding to only not-for-profit providers would generate at least $1.2 billion more in economic activity in 2026.