Dr Stephen Grenville AO

Nonresident Fellow
Areas of expertise

Regional economic integration; Australia's economic relations with East Asia; international financial flows and the global financial architecture; financial sector development in East Asia

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Dr Stephen Grenville AO
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Dr Grenville is a Nonresident Fellow at the Lowy Institute. He works as a consultant on financial sector issues in East Asia. Between 1982 and 2001 he worked at the Reserve Bank of Australia, for the last five years as Deputy Governor and Board member. Before that, Dr Grenville was with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris, the International Monetary Fund in Jakarta, the Australian National University and the Department of Foreign Affairs.

A role for nuclear in Australia’s climate response?
A role for nuclear in Australia’s climate response?
In the facts-lite political debate, the opportunities and comparative advantages of solar are being sidelined.
Central banks should make their policy-decision framework transparent and leave it at that
Commentary
Central banks should make their policy-decision framework transparent and leave it at that
Originally published on The Australian 
Why big projects fail: Climate change and AUKUS submarines
Why big projects fail: Climate change and AUKUS submarines
Construction lessons – from the Empire State to the Sydney Opera House – can inform Australia’s most pressing problems.
RBA Tackles the Big Issues
Commentary
RBA Tackles the Big Issues
Originally published in The Australian
How should Australia react to Bidenomics?
How should Australia react to Bidenomics?
Difference in philosophy is not to be feared.
You can’t model what you don’t understand
Commentary
You can’t model what you don’t understand
Originally published in The Australian on 8 October 2023.
Great expectations: Australia’s elusive Southeast Asia vision
Great expectations: Australia’s elusive Southeast Asia vision
Diplomacy, economic partnerships, copper mines and instant noodles - the Moore Report has much to reflect on.
Fiscal policy an essential tool for controlling the economy
Commentary
Fiscal policy an essential tool for controlling the economy
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review, 17 September 2023.
Building bigger BRICS
Building bigger BRICS
Reports of the death of the dominant US dollar have been greatly exaggerated.
The Australian
Central banks should make their policy-decision framework transparent and leave it at that
05 February 2024
Australian Financial Review
Inflation: Micro-pricing matters to the persistence of the inflation challenge
15 August 2023
Australian Financial Review
What is the new normal for rates, and when do we get there?
05 June 2023
The Australian
RBA Review: The limits to monetary policy
30 April 2023
The Australian Financial Review
The economic case for building nuclear subs offshore not in Adelaide
05 March 2023
Sydney Morning Herald
Zombies, bubbles and the hidden risks of record low interest rates
20 January 2018
Sydney Morning Herald
Why record low interest rates can't last
13 November 2017
Sydney Morning Herald
Scott Morrison's choice: 'If Donald Trump jumped off a cliff, would you?'
02 October 2017
WWF Australia
Economists: Price and limit on carbon pollution needed now
07 July 2014
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