by Stephen Roberts | 18 Aug, 2014 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
For a more comprehensive round up of the week, listen to Stephen’s full report here. Soft Australian economic readings have predominated over the past month or two relating mostly to the months of May and June. Q2 GDP will be released early in September and,...
by Stephen Roberts | 4 Aug, 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 started July on a strong note but weakened later in the month, notably in Europe and the United States leading to very mixed performances over the month. During...
by Stephen Roberts | 21 Jul, 2014 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
For a more comprehensive round up of the week, listen to Stephen’s full report here. Last week we pointed out the pivotal role that employment will play in assessing the outlook for both economic growth and inflation. As a result, the relative strength of the...
by Stephen Roberts | 14 Jul, 2014 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
For a more comprehensive round up of the week, listen to Stephen’s full report here. Whether the softer patch in the labour market over the past month or two stays soft, or takes a turn for the better over coming months is likely to hold the key to the outlook...
by Stephen Roberts | 30 Jun, 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 economy is entering the trickiest part of its rebalancing phase to more than offset falling mining investment spending and contained government spending with...