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Zac Gross @zacgross.bsky.social · Aug 12

Cool figure. Kinda wish they weighted it by head count/revenue.

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Zac Gross @zacgross.bsky.social · Jun 28

Just current flows I think.

Zac Gross @zacgross.bsky.social · Jun 28

If you get a Powerpal they will give you an estimate.

They are owned by Amber, but clearly not fudging the numbers in my case!

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Zac Gross @zacgross.bsky.social · Jun 28

Ha of course you are!

All depends on the marginal cost of asking your spouse to turn off the heater/aircon when it spikes to $10,000. Highly variable!

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Zac Gross @zacgross.bsky.social · Jun 28

My understanding is that this is not correct? Batteries often have payback periods longer than their lifespan (though it varies by state)

Panels in their own is entirely a load shifting question - which can be done for zero fixed cost with many “free power at lunch” plans

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Zac Gross @zacgross.bsky.social · Jun 26

Has total cost declined? Seems maybe no!

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Zac Gross @zacgross.bsky.social · Jun 18

Would a corporate tax cut boost productivity in Australia? So far, the evidence is unclear
theconversation.com/would-a-corp...

Would a corporate tax cut boost productivity in Australia? So far, the evidence is unclear

In Australia, it remains unclear why previous corporate tax reductions largely failed to generate investment.

theconversation.com

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Jamie Hall @jamiehall.cc · Apr 30

This is so dope, well done @zacgross.bsky.social igross.github.io/cash-rate-fo...

Rate Outcome Probabilities by RBA Meeting

igross.github.io

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Jamie Hall @jamiehall.cc · Apr 3

This, by @zacgross.bsky.social, is very smart take on how Albo should respond to the Trump tariffs open.substack.com/pub/gross/p/...

The Smart Way to Retaliate Against Trump’s Tariffs

Why make your own citizens pay, when you can make Big Pharma do it instead?

open.substack.com

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Zac Gross @zacgross.bsky.social · Jan 28

I was skeptical but it turns out cost of living subsides do affect underlying inflation rates!

The trimmed mean can still be substantially affected, but the weighted median is relatively unbiased

Mark Graph @mark-graph.bsky.social · Jan 28

Another excellent piece by @zacgross.bsky.social and why I will be looking at the weighted median when it comes out later today.

open.substack.com/pub/gross/p/...

Which price is right?

How subsidies affect underlying inflation

open.substack.com

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Mark Graph @mark-graph.bsky.social · Jan 28

Another excellent piece by @zacgross.bsky.social and why I will be looking at the weighted median when it comes out later today.

open.substack.com/pub/gross/p/...

Which price is right?

How subsidies affect underlying inflation

open.substack.com

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Zac Gross @zacgross.bsky.social · Jan 5

Which specific part of the NAIRU equation(s) do you disagree with?

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Mark Graph @mark-graph.bsky.social · Jan 5

A great read on estimating the NAIRU from
@zacgross.bsky.social #auspol #ausbiz #ausecon

gross.substack.com/p/in-nairu-w...

In NAIRU We Trust (But Verify)

The RBA has beefed up it's approach to the estimating full employment

gross.substack.com

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Zac Gross @zacgross.bsky.social · Dec 2

There have been two economic charts going semi-viral— or at least what counts as viral for ABS statistics—in the past couple of weeks.

Both claim to show a dramatic fall in living standards in Victoria and Australia. Both are wrong.

gross.substack.com/p/mean-charts

Mean Charts

On Wednesdays we calculate the median wage statistics

gross.substack.com

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Zac Gross @zacgross.bsky.social · Nov 30

3 year terms often get criticised for undermining long term reform. But IMO lots of the legislation wouldn’t have passed this week if the non government parties didn’t have the impending election in mind…

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Zac Gross @zacgross.bsky.social · Nov 27

Be still my beating heart!

www.afr.com/politics/fed...

RBA board overhaul back in play after Labor, Greens reopen talks

The Albanese government has reopened talks with the Greens on reforms of the Reserve Bank, two months after declaring them dead.

www.afr.com

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Zac Gross @zacgross.bsky.social · Nov 27

Of course. Neither do I!

I guess I more meant hot takes that have since cooled (or gotten hotter!)

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Zac Gross @zacgross.bsky.social · Nov 26

A permanent rise is not yet price in IMO.

Blanket 25% both eliminates favour trading and would be quite unpopular. Unlikely to stick long term IMO.

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Stu Donovan @studonovan.bsky.social · Nov 25

In this working paper that was published today, Matthew Maltman and I review some of the economic evidence on the effects of ✨upzoning✨in Auckland in 2016.

tldr: We find remarkably robust evidence that upzoning led to more housing and lower rents in Auckland. Wow!
www.motu.nz/our-research...