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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... (even flat) prices in the future would discourage consumers from spending. This would lead to lower sales, lower company profits, reduced business investment in structures and equipment and staff. That would lead to price discounting and lower wages ...

Returning Fed hike expectations could be flattened by yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... 1.5% higher on the day to 2,129.90 points. This is hardly surprising given that a strong economy begets higher company profits. Then again, it also suggests the return of Fed rate hike expectations - underscored by the renewed strength in the US dollar ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
Australia company profits The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "Business Indicators, Australia" report shows that gross operating profits dropped by 4.7% in the March quarter following a 2.8% drop in the fourth quarter of last year and disappointing ...

US dollar downed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... with US dollar denominated debts, ease pressure on further yuan devaluation and at the same time, underpin US company profits. All pluses for Australia.

MYEFO writes down billions in super fund taxes

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... to foreign exchange movements. Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said lower company profits are assumed to flow through to lower Australian equity prices, "therefore reducing capital gains tax from individuals, companies ...

Japan does a double double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... percentage point). Weak business investment is particularly concerning as this eventuated amidst a backdrop of rising company profits aided by the BOJ's qualitative and quantitative easing policy (QQE) that depreciated the Japanese yen vis-A -vis its ...

Hockey commits cash to infra partnerships plan

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... group will build on the idea behind the UK's Diverted Profits Tax, introduced in April and targeted at levying company profits which are diverted to tax havens. "This is a global issue that needs to be quickly addressed, and as such the working group ...

WTF moment on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... around midday Wall Street time. Short? Did I just say short? Did I just slip a Freud? But if share prices and company profits go together like a horse and carriage - as they should like the incontrovertible law of physics - maybe not. It's a commonly ...

Life company profits flat

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
Revenue and profits for the 12 months to June 2014 have remained flat for life insurance companies, according to the latest statistics released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). While most of the figures released in the latest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... futures contract is down two points at 5,613. Locally on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases company profits and inventories data for the June quarter Monthly inflation figures from TD Securities and manufacturing data from the Australian ...