by Stephen Roberts | 4 Feb, 2013 | Economics, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
Risk assets performed particularly well in the early weeks of 2013, especially share markets, with gains for 2013 so far in local currency terms for the US S&P 500 and the Australian ASX 200 of respectively 6.1% and 6.0% and even bigger gains for Britain’s FTSE... by Cameron Rae | 12 Dec, 2012 | Press
Laminar Group chief economist Stephen Roberts called on MPs to ditch the “political nonsense” over returning the budget to surplus. Mr Roberts told AAP more spending cuts would put pressure on an already sluggish economy. “Given an outlook of slowing... by Stephen Roberts | 5 Dec, 2012 | Economics, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
Laminar sees important changes developing in 2013 for interest rate markets, mostly because we do not agree with the consensus market view that sub-trend global growth will continue through 2013. Perhaps our most controversial view as a consequence is that the Reserve...