Flash Forum: The Cost-of-Living Crisis

Australians are being squeezed from all sides, through resurgent inflation, supply chain effects from the Middle East war and rising interest rates.

This Flash Forum will bring together experts from academia and business to discuss monetary and fiscal policy options, supply chain disruptions to oil and gas markets and how this will affect vulnerable sections of society.

This event is presented by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research in partnership with the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.

This is a hybrid event and you can select your preferred attendance, via Zoom or in person, during the booking process.

Speakers include:

• Professor Allan Fels AO FASSA, Faculty of Business and Economics, the University of Melbourne

• Ms Diana Mousina, AMP

• Dr Diane Kraal, Monash Business School

• Dr Gianni La Cava, e61 Institute

• Mr Mark Chambers, Reserve Bank of Australia

• Professor Matthew Greenwood-Nimmo, Melbourne Institute, the University of Melbourne

• Dr Medo Pournader, Faculty of Business and Economics, the University of Melbourne

• Mr Paul Bloxham, HSBC

• Professor Roger Wilkins FASSA, Melbourne Institute, the University of Melbourne

• Associate Professor Sam Tsiaplias, Melbourne Institute, the University of Melbourne

• Professor Beth Webster FASSA (moderator), Melbourne Institute, the University of Melbourne

Registrations close: 9am Thursday 4 June for in-person and 9am Wednesday 10 June for online.

For any enquiries please contact melbinstitute-tickets@unimelb.edu.au.