Sarantis Tsiaplias

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the economic growth and labour market ramifications associated with COVID-19, and the fiscal and monetary policies implemented to help counter its effects, concluding that existing challenges such as weak growth in productivity, gross domestic product and real wages are also likely to remain relevant post-pandemic.

TL;DR: Using Australian data, it is found that consumer sentiment data increases the accuracy of GDP and consumption forecasts, with certain components of consumer sentiment consistently providing better forecasts than aggregate consumer sentimentData.

TL;DR: In this article, a time-varying Phillips Curve was estimated as a means to examine the changing nature of the relationship between wage inflation and the unemployment rate in Australia and the analysis showed the important role played by variations in the slope of the Phillips Curve in changing the equilibrium unemployment rate.

TL;DR: In this article, the forecasting performance of Bayesian model averaging (BMA) for a set of single factor models of short-term interest rates is examined, and it is shown that BMA forecasts based on recent predictive likelihoods are preferred to those based on the marginal likelihood of the entire dataset.

TL;DR: A weight distributing hitch as mentioned in this paper includes a hitch bar for mounting to a vehicle, a ball mount head carried on the hitch bar, a hitch ball and a pair of spring bars, each spring bar includes an integral lug for engaging a trailer and securing the spring bar in a position to more evenly distribute the weight of the trailer over the axles of the towing vehicle.