by Stephen Roberts | 17 Mar, 2014 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
For a more comprehensive round up of the week, listen to Stephen’s full report here. The run of Australian economic readings over the past few months seems to show that the economy took a turn for the better in mid-2013 primed by rising housing activity. The... by Stephen Roberts | 3 Mar, 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 mostly stronger in February recovering in some cases the falls posted in January as it became clearer that the continuing, moderate global economic recovery... 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 | 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 | 13 Jan, 2014 | Economic Weekly, Laminar Economist Stephen Roberts
For a more comprehensive round up of the week, listen to Stephen’s full report here. The economic tide is on the turn, but not the way the official family (Treasury and RBA) is expecting. The official view is that the dominant force influencing Australian...