May 29, 2026 – 8.00pmIt’s not often that a student cold-calls an international investment bank. Even less often does the bank agree to help them.Gabriel Song made the call in 2025. Then in year 11, he succeeded in pioneering the NSW Monetary Policy Challenge, a competition that invites students to answer the question: “If you were members of the Monetary Policy Committee, what would you set the cash rate to at the monetary policy board meeting in May?”Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
With economics on the outer, one student made the call for change
As high school economics enrolments drop and the diversity gaps widen, Gabriel Song convinced a major bank to back his pioneering plan.
99 words~1 min read
