by Stephen Roberts | 22 Jul, 2024 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts, Market Commentary
In two weeks, the RBA holds its August interest rate setting meeting and there is an active debate about whether the RBA will leave the cash rate unchanged at 4.35% or will hike 25bps to 4.60%. Our view is that the bar is set very high for the RBA to consider another...
by Stephen Roberts | 22 Jul, 2024 | Market Commentary
Laminar Capital’s Senior Economist Stephen Roberts give his insights into the capital markets for this week.
by Stephen Roberts | 15 Jul, 2024 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts, Market Commentary
Rising prices and rising rent feature in most forecasts of housing in Australia’s capital cities, Melbourne excepted. The main driving forces for the forecasts are the under-supply of housing relative to strong demand driven by population growth and a range of other...
by Stephen Roberts | 15 Jul, 2024 | Market Commentary
Laminar Capital’s Senior Economist Stephen Roberts give his insights into the capital markets for this week.
by Stephen Roberts | 8 Jul, 2024 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts, Market Commentary
The rising cost of living has become a big, if not the biggest, concern for most Australian households. The usual measure of the rising cost of living is the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the most important version of the CPI, at least as far as the RBA is concerned,...
by Stephen Roberts | 8 Jul, 2024 | Market Commentary
Laminar Capital’s Senior Economist Stephen Roberts give his insights into the capital markets for this week.