“Source: The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) – August 2014″ Abstract (Source: RBA):This paper estimates the effects of the mining boom in Australia, using a large-scale structural macroeconometric model, AUS-M. We estimate that the mining boom boosted real per capita household disposable income by 13 per cent by 2013. The boom has contributed to a large appreciation of the … Continue reading The Effect of the Mining Boom on the Australian Economy