by Cameron Rae | 22 Jun, 2015 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
Reserve Bank Governor, Glenn Stevens, referred recently to the prices being paid for homes in Sydney as being crazy. A little earlier Treasury Secretary, John Fraser, referred to a “bubble” in Sydney house prices. Both made it plain that the Sydney housing market was... by Cameron Rae | 15 Jun, 2015 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
French journalist and novelist. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr coined the term “the more things change, the more they stay the same” back in 1849. In June 2015, speaking in Brisbane, RBA Governor, Glenn Stevens seemed to be having a Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr moment. He... by Cameron Rae | 9 Jun, 2015 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
Much of the copious amount of Australian economic data released over the past week or so is reminiscent of the old Road Runner cartoons, more particularly the coyote character. The poor old coyote made a habit of running off cliffs, looking bemused, and then falling...