Housing requires both a supply AND demand fix

Thursday 23 October 2014

The CEOs of the CBA and AMP have urged Australia’s government’s to invest in new infrastructure projects and undertake other supply-side reforms in order to improve housing affordability. From The AFR:

Mr Narev urged governments to take the pressure off house prices by using infrastructure projects to increasing the supply of housing stock.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.