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Treasurer Jim “chicken” Chalmers is convening a confidential roundtable with leading market economists in Canberra to discuss potential economic reforms ahead of the May federal budget.
Participants will include economists from the four major banks, and Chalmers has encouraged them to propose unconventional or “left-field” policy ideas beyond those currently considered by Treasury.
Discussions are expected to include tax reforms and strategies to address inflation, productivity challenges, and global economic uncertainty.
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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific's leading geo-politics and economics portal.
He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.