by Stephen Roberts | 22 Sep, 2014 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
For a more comprehensive round up of the week, listen to Stephen’s full report here. Spending on new and existing housing has started to make a material contribution to Australian economic growth. In Q1 2014, the volume of spending on new and existing housing... 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 | 20 Jan, 2014 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
For a more comprehensive round up of the week, listen to Stephen’s full report here. A rather nasty December labour force report seemed to contradict our view expressed last week that the Australian economy is starting to improve more than widely expected. In... by Stephen Roberts | 25 Nov, 2013 | Economics, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
For a more comprehensive round up of the week, listen to Stephen’s full report here. The Australian economic releases and surveys released in November continue to show that the economy has been growing below potential (3.1% average annual GDP growth), but not quite as... by Stephen Roberts | 16 Sep, 2013 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
The indicators of Australian economic activity are diverging more distinctly of late between sharply improving forward looking indicators being business and consumer sentiment, housing finance commitments, the shape of the yield curve, share market performance and...