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
Biography
Publications
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.
What’s so strategic about baby-food?
China will often want a far larger ownership stake in Australian enterprises than we are comfortable with.
Should ScoMo support Trump’s “madman” tactics?
The risk of going all-in with America’s trade war
China’s “currency manipulation” in context
China previously mirrored the policies of other emerging economies, with the same success – only on a huge scale.
Coordinating with America to pressure China on trade
Beijing should pay legitimate intellectual property charges yet the system is an imperfect way to reward innovation.
Commentary
Progressive US politics meets radical economics
Originally published in The Australian.
Stephen Grenville
Research Notes
Rethinking fiscal policy: Progressive US politics meets radical economics
Recognition of the need for greater government intervention in the economy is increasingly shaping the US political debate, with this shift paralleled among prominent economists.
The limits to global monetary policy
Already in “easy” mode and without the flexibility to move interest rates lower, other policies are needed.
America’s fiscal policy rethink reaches Japan
A radical call urges Japan delay tackling chronic deficit and huge debt – and, of course, build no bridges-to-nowhere.
Trump’s tariff tussle
Given America’s cherished belief in free enterprise, Washington should be delighted its rival is handicapping itself.
