I have worked as an economist in the Australian financial markets for more than 40 years, including as Chief Economist of McIntosh Securities (a stockbroking firm) in the late 1980s, Chief International Economist at National Mutual Funds Management (the investment management arm of what was then Australia's second largest life assurance business) in the early 1990s, Chief Economist at ANZ Bank (one of Australia's four large retail & commercial banks) from 1995 until 2009, and Chief Economist Australia& New Zealand for Bank of America Merrill Lynch (as it was then called), a Wall Street investment bank, from 2011 until 2015. I also worked in the Australian Treasury at the very beginning of my career (in the late 1970s and early 1980s), and for the Grattan Institute (a non-aligned public policy 'think tank' from 2009 until 2011.Since 2015 I have been running my own independent economics advisory and consultancy service, Corinna Economic Advisory, from Hobart, Tasmania. I do keynote addresses at public and private conferences; participate in panel discussions; present to boards, investment and asset allocation committees; undertake customized analyses and reports for corporate, investor, not-for-profit and government clients; have given testimony to Parliamentary Committees; and appear frequently on radio, TV & print media in Australia and other countries.My clients include Australian and overseas institutional and private equity investors; large and small corporates; government agencies; industry and professional organizations; ‘think tanks’; social and environmental organizations; housing associations; and (occasionally) even political parties.My economic analysis and economic reports have covered broad macro-economic themes including economic and employment growth, inflation, international trade, commodity prices, bond and currency markets, labour markets, productivity, climate change, household and corporate debt, public finance, fiscal and monetary policy, inter-government financial relations, taxation, climate change, and regulatory issues. I have also undertaken and published research on specific industries or themes including housing, tourism, agriculture, energy, infrastructure investment, metals and minerals, poverty alleviation, income distribution and inequality, taxation reform, shipping and transport, the future of work, and regional development.#monetarypolicy #fiscalpolicy #centralbanks #Tasmania #governmentbudgets #taxation #labourmarkets #internationaltrade #USeconomy #Chineseeconomy #Asianeconomies #commodityprices #tradepolicy