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Un-Keynesian

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... within grasps of tucking his first legislative win under his belt. Oh yes, this refers to the long-promised, much-awaited tax cuts. It passed the US Senate on the 2 December with a 51-49 vote, paving the way for the corporate tax rate to be lowered to ...

Taxing times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... dictate that neither political party - Democrats and Republicans - would want to be known as the party that killed the tax cuts. But even without a reduction in taxes, the American is doing quite nicely, thank you very much. Despite the negative impact ...

Two holds and a raise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on 31 October - 1 November. Although there are other fishes to fry - Trump tax cuts, Trump nomination of new Fed head, low volatility in the financial markets (read, complacency), perhaps even "irrational ...

Trump-flation returns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... true that Trump's giving the equity markets an added boost as the Trump-flation trade makes a comeback. Trump's promised tax cuts are back on investors' radar. The tax policy waxed and waned on lack of policy detail and speculations as to whether or ...

Passive investors excluded from small business tax cuts

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
Passive investment companies, including property and share investors, cannot access the lower company tax rate, the Government has confirmed. Following the release of draft tax legislation, Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer said ...

Treasurer backs APRA's CBA probe

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
... address it." During the presentation, the Treasurer also highlighted the success of the small-to-medium sized company tax cuts from 27.5% to 25% and lifting threshold from $2 million to $10 million. One asset manager in the audience, who is also a medium-sized ...

Central Banks fail to disappoint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... this year to 1.7% in May. On top of these, the "upside risks" to the Fed's forecasts, i.e. the promised Trumpflation - tax cuts and fiscal spending - remain promises. Should the current weakening in consumer spending and inflation persist, financial ...

Fed trumps Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... dollar index down a tad (0.2%) to 97.11. All these despite the increasing implementation risks of Trump's fiscal agenda - tax cuts, infrastructure spending, easier regulatory policy and what have you's - never mind last week's talks of the impeachment ...

Labor fights phoenix fraud

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... Gallagher said. "The Coalition has chosen to continue its narrow, ideological agenda of delivering billions of dollars in tax cuts to multinational corporations and millionaires." Under Labor's new plan, all company directors will be required to obtain ...

Budget for the wealthy: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... on Twitter to say the Coalition's budget is "out of touch", as a Labor Budget wouldn't slash school funding, deliver tax cuts for millionaires or raise taxes for working Australians. He added the Budget gives tax breaks to wealthy investors and property ...