by Stephen Roberts | 24 Feb, 2015 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
For a more comprehensive roundup of the week, listen to Stephen’s full report here. Data releases during February were a mixed bag and pointed to moderating economic growth in the US, partly severe-weather related, softer growth in China and Japan, but...
by Stephen Roberts | 2 Feb, 2015 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
For a more comprehensive round up of the week, listen to Stephen’s full report here. Risk Assets were mostly stronger in January, but a noticeable exception was the US equity market beset by the negative impact of much lower oil prices on US energy companies,...
by Stephen Roberts | 17 Nov, 2014 | Economic Weekly
For a more comprehensive round up of the week, listen to Stephen’s full report here. A number of positive economic developments point to the period extending through the early part of 2015 being a relatively strong period for risk assets, including credit....
by Stephen Roberts | 3 Nov, 2014 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
For a more comprehensive round up of the week, listen to Stephen’s full report here. Risk Assets strengthened sharply through the second half of October after falling through the first half. The power of the rebound in the second half was sufficient to lift the...
by Stephen Roberts | 15 Sep, 2014 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
For a more comprehensive round up of the week, listen to Stephen’s full report here. At face value, the Australian economy seems to be powering along registering 3.1% y-o-y GDP growth in Q2 with employment lifting by a record 121,000 in August, reducing the...
