by Stephen Roberts | 24 Feb, 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 indicates some deceleration in global growth at the turn of the year, most likely temporary being in large part... by Stephen Roberts | 10 Feb, 2014 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
For a more comprehensive round up of the week, listen to Stephen’s full report here. The one clear message from two doses of Reserve Bank (RBA) economic analysis released last week at the first policy meeting of 2014 and in much more detail in the quarterly... by Stephen Roberts | 3 Feb, 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 were weaker in January, in part a correction after very strong gains in 2013, but also reflecting doubts about the global economic growth outlook as the US Federal... by Stephen Roberts | 28 Jan, 2014 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
For a more comprehensive round up of the week, listen to Stephen’s full report here. Inflation was surprisingly high in Q4 2013 and allowing that Q3 was surprisingly high too, headline CPI inflation was much higher than expected throughout the second half of... by Stephen Roberts | 21 Oct, 2013 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
The suspension of the US debt ceiling deadline until mid-January allows financial markets to focus on other influences on asset prices for a few months. One of the more important of those influences is that notwithstanding the lumps and bumps in the US economic...