by Stephen Roberts | 30 Sep, 2019 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts, Market Commentary
International economic agencies such as the OECD continue to downgrade their global economic growth forecasts reflecting downside risks to growth from the entrenched US/ China trade war and several key areas of political turbulence including Europe, the Middle East...
by Stephen Roberts | 30 Sep, 2019 | Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts, Market Commentary
Laminar Capital’s Senior Economist Stephen Roberts give his insights into the capital markets for this week. Click to listen to our economic update.
by Stephen Roberts | 23 Sep, 2019 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts, Market Commentary
We are changing our call that the RBA will leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.00% through the remainder of 2019 and 2020 and we now expect the RBA to cut the cash rate 25bps to 0.75% either in October or November and we also pencil in the possibility of a further...
by Stephen Roberts | 23 Sep, 2019 | Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts, Market Commentary
Laminar Capital’s Senior Economist Stephen Roberts give his insights into the capital markets for this week. Click to listen to our economic update.
by Stephen Roberts | 16 Sep, 2019 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts, Market Commentary
Last week the European Central Bank (ECB) cut its official deposit rate by 10bps to -0.5% and announced it would start buying bonds again, a return to quantitative easing (QE). This week the US Federal Reserve (Fed) meets and is widely expected to cut its funds rate...