Justin Pyvis.
Justin has a PhD in economics and 20+ years of experience in policy and investment analysis from working at the WA Treasury and AECOM in Perth, and Aletheia Capital in Hong Kong.
Posts by Justin Pyvis
Australia's labour market is becoming like its housing market
11 Mar 2026By treating labour like a durable capital stock, Australia is legislating its workforce into the same rigid corner as its housing market.
How not to respond to a supply shock
9 Mar 2026Allegra Spender's windfall tax idea would blunt price signals at exactly the moment you need them the most.
Oil shocks don't cause inflation
6 Mar 2026The Iran war won't cause inflation unless central banks let it.
Australia's cockroach problem
4 Mar 2026Domestic inflation never came close to target during the RBA's easing cycle, and just like cockroaches, it's back again.
Housing's favourite villain
2 Mar 2026Australia is obsessed with taxing the supposed villains of the housing market while ignoring the restrictive zoning laws that actually lock people out.
Going nowhere, fast
26 Feb 2026Australia's latest high-speed rail dream is a fast track to fiscal ruin.
Nobody "trains" a human
24 Feb 2026Sam Altman's analogy comparing training AI to raising a child tells you more about his business strategy than OpenAI's energy use.
Another bump on the tariff rollercoaster
22 Feb 2026The US Supreme court may have struck down Trump's tariffs, but don't expect them to go away.
The RBA keeps making the same mistake
10 Feb 2026From running too tight to cutting too early, the Reserve Bank of Australia keeps making the same monetary mistake.
Japan's risky bet
8 Feb 2026Japan's ruling party won a supermajority promising massive stimulus and tax cuts, but the yen's slide to near all-time lows suggests markets are sceptical the debt math works.