2 October 2015

The great certainties of economics have disappeared and uncertainty abounds

Huw McKay
‎Vice President of Market Analysis and Economics, BHP Billiton

Visiting scholar Huw McKay in the Australian Financial Review.

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Huw McKay
‎Vice President of Market Analysis and Economics, BHP Billiton
Huw McKay was a Visiting Scholar at the US Studies Centre from 2013 to 2015. McKay is the ‎Vice President of Market Analysis and Economics at BHP Billiton. Previously, he has served as the Executive Director and Senior International Economist of Westpac's Economic Research Team and a principal advisor in the Macroeconomic Group of the Australian Treasury.

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2 October 2015

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