Roger Montgomery on mining capex risks

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By Leith van Onselen

Above is a video interview that screened on Switzer TV on Friday with Roger Montgomery, head of Montgomery Investment Management, discussing the risks to the Australian economy as the mining investment boom unwinds.

Montgomery states that mining services is “cactus” and believes that the decline in mining capital expenditures are highly unlikely to be offset by rising non-mining activity, raising the real risk that Australia could slide into recession.

Nothing we don’t already know. But nice to see such risks aired on a (generally bullish) show like Switzer.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.