After delivering full-year earnings that missed consensus expectations, and guidance for the 2027 financial year that also disappointed, you might have thought Ryan Stokes, chief executive of the industrial conglomerate SGH, would have been quick to criticise an economy that is heading for a slowdown the RBA says we have to have.But Stokes, who is never afraid to call it as he sees it, offers a surprising view. “To be fair, the economy is actually reasonably robust,” he tells Chanticleer.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles