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Mr Justin Smirk,
Senior Agribusiness Economist
Westpac Banking Corporation

Justin Smirk joined Westpac's Economic Research team in 1999. He is the Bank's spokesperson on commodities, the US economy plus regional and agribusiness issues. He is also the bank’s key researcher on monetary policy. Prior to joining Westpac Justin was an economist in the Economic Analysis section of the Reserve Bank of Australia. But he has not always been an economist. Upon leaving high school Justin worked on various farming enterprise before graduating from Muresk Institute of Agriculture. From the mid 1980s and early 1990s he worked as agricultural consultant based in the wheatbelt town of Merredin in Western Australia and he continues to closely follow the current issues in agribusiness and regional economic development. Justin’s major ongoing research project is to bring the bank’s research on the structural changes associated with the urbanisation of developing world into the longer-term forecasts for farm commodity prices. Justin is also leading figure in the Westpac’s forecasting process, editor of Westpac’s quarterly Regional Economic Report and Commodities Outlook Report and a major contributor to Westpac's monthly Market Outlook Report.

Appearing:

Day One - Tuesday 24 November 2009

11.40

Commodity price outlook: Soft commodity supply/demand projections

Macro-economic factors impacting on demand for commodities
Dealing with domestic pressures: deregulation and corporatisation
The GFC and its impact on the Australian agriculture sector
Soft commodity price outlook: Meat / Wheat / Wine / Wool / Milk / Lamb

Mr Justin Smirk,

Senior Agribusiness Economist,
Westpac Banking Corporation

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Senior Agribusiness Economist
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