by Stephen Roberts | 12 Jan, 2015 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
For a more comprehensive round up of the week, listen to Stephen’s full report here. It is easy to become pessimistic about Australia’s economic prospects amid tumbling commodity prices, falling national income and deep cuts in planned spending on major resource...
by Stephen Roberts | 1 Dec, 2014 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
For a more comprehensive round up of the week, listen to Stephen’s full report here. The Australian credit market was softer through the month, but was more resilient than the local equity market. In interest rate markets more generally, yields fell over the...
by Stephen Roberts | 10 Nov, 2014 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
For a more comprehensive round up of the week, listen to Stephen’s full report here. Australian employment growth is unacceptably soft, notwithstanding the latest estimate for October on the revised seasonal adjustment factors that showed a rise of 24,100 in...
by Stephen Roberts | 27 Oct, 2014 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
For a more comprehensive round up of the week, listen to Stephen’s full report here. October economic roundup Our usual end of month review of economic conditions around the world shows that despite heightened concern about global economic growth prospects for...
by Stephen Roberts | 25 Aug, 2014 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
For a more comprehensive round up of the week, listen to Stephen’s full report here. Our monthly roundup of global and local economic data and events shows diverging paths for the world’s two biggest economies with the US economic expansion gaining traction,...