And now we are seeing the dividends of this, with large increases in Australia’s resource exports. 1 / 11  BIS central bankers' speeches  Overall, it has been a reasonably successful chapter in Australia’s economic history. Real income per person is around 20 per cent higher than it was in the mid 2000s and real wealth per person is 40 per cent higher.
The first is that if quantitative easing is successful in boosting growth in the countries in which is it occurring, then the world economy will be stronger. The second is that any rise in asset prices that occurs because of the capital flows might also provide a boost.