by Stephen Roberts | 9 Jul, 2018 | Economics, 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 | 20 Nov, 2017 | Economic Weekly, Economics
Weak growth in wages continued in Q3 (+0.5% q-o-q, +2.0% y-o-y) and was surprising given the mid-year minimum wage determination granting a 3.3% wage increase and more evidence of strong growth in employment. It is possible that wages growth will rise more normally...
by Stephen Roberts | 29 May, 2017 | Economic Weekly, Economics, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
Global economic growth signals are looking a little more mixed through May. There are still regions where economic readings are surprising positively such as much of Europe and some developing economies elsewhere. China and the USA, the world’s two biggest economies,...
by Stephen Roberts | 22 May, 2017 | Economic Weekly, Economics, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
The good news is that total employment in Australia grew strongly for two months in a row in March and April and the unemployment rate fell from 5.9% in March to 5.7% in April. The bad news is that the April labour force report confirms that part-time employment...
by Stephen Roberts | 15 May, 2017 | Economic Weekly, Economics, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
This time last week we wrote about the themes we thought would be in the 2017-18 Federal Budget. It was not a hard task because many of the changes proposed in the Budget were extensively canvassed and leaked beforehand. There were some last-minute surprises mostly...
by Stephen Roberts | 1 May, 2017 | Economic Weekly, Economics, Laminar Capital, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
Risk assets had a bumpier ride through April buffeted by rising geopolitical risks, a key election in France, the calling of a British election to smooth the way for formal divorce negotiations from the EU and a flurry of mostly softer economic readings from the US....
