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The moment of truth cometh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... piece d' resistance (resistance to a lift-off) is the Fed's favoured measure of inflation -- the personal consumption expenditure (PCE) price index. The core PCE price index continues to trend lower, from around 1.8% in 2012 to 1.5% in 2013- 2014 to ...

Reform summit must keep momentum: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... the Age Pension; Australians retiring with an income replacement rate in retirement in excess of 65%; Age Pension expenditure and tax expenditure on super of less than 6% of GDP; and at least 50% of Australians must be able to cover their expenditure ...

The horse still refuses to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... latest available), the economy's operating at about 1% below trend growth. The latest update on private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure indicates that Australia will continue bumping along below trend growth going forward. Actual capex ...

Frydenberg relaxed about SMSF borrowing

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... complaining of the costs involved," Frydenberg said. "The challenge now is to ensure that we maximise the benefits from this expenditure - driving lower costs for both funds and employers."

ASX records $400m profit

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... expenses up 4.2% to $160.1 million; and depreciation and amortisation was up 14.3% to $38.6 million. The ASX said capital expenditure was $44.4 million with a technology transformation program underway. Full-year dividends for ASX are 187.4 cents per ...

Bangkok bombs and Malaysia's terror

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... capital outflows out of emerging markets on speculation of a near-term Fed lift-off and weak consumption and capital expenditure at home. No one would argue that is a tragic development for Thailand or for any other country for that matter. But more ...

Blue Sky acquires majority stake in HPS

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... care to clients, patients and the wider community." Blue Sky Private Equity investment director Nick Dignam added, "Expenditure on healthcare per capita is increasing, which is providing growth for hospital pharmacies' key customers, hospitals and oncology ...

Australian stocks open lower on China concerns

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... record lows. "China has been trying to do whatever they can to keep their economy on its feet," she said. "But capital expenditure in China has fallen and many are asking: `What does this all mean for the export of our goods and the demand for our commodities' ...

GST increase would deliver $42 billion: FSC

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... in 2015-16," Bragg said. "The states are increasingly relying on inefficient, growth-destroying taxes to meet their expenditure needs. This has created a grossly inefficient and unwieldy tax base. Victoria and the Northern Territory have increased stamp ...

Labor demands to see Treasury papers on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... concessions prior to this year's budget. A Freedom of Information request by Labor to federal Treasury allegedly shows the Expenditure Review Committee, chaired by Prime Minister Tony Abbott, was considering changes to superannuation tax concessions ...