Economic Activity and Fiscal Policy in Australia:A Survey and Critique

J. W. Nevile

The Economic Record, 1980, vol. 56, issue 155, 301-315

Abstract: In 1979–80 the rate of inflation in Australia was greater than in the previous year and, despite the highest rate of growth of real non‐farm output for three years, the number unemployed was greater at the end of the year than at the beginning. This article reviews the current state of the economy and looks at the prospects for 1980–81. In the light of the apparent failure of macroeconomic policy that this review reveals, it discusses the basic strategy of policy, with particular reference to fiscal policy, and considers the extent to which it would be possible to improve the performance of the Australian economy with respect to unemployment and inflation by a change in macroeconomic policies.

Date: 1980
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