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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... 3.4 per cent. In local economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure data for the March quarter, and building approvals figures for April. In company news, Wesfarmers ...

Careful of the recession you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... there's this article I found on miningaustralia.com.au published a fortnight ago: "Sudden drops in mining capital expenditure could trigger a recession in the next 18 to 24 months, research conducted by Morgan Stanley suggests." And just to make it three ...

ASMA dismayed by proposed super hikes

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... superannuation and being accused of benefiting from an unfair system, were doing so with after-tax dollars anyway. The Tax Expenditure Statement produced by the government suggests that super tax concessions put a $32 billion hole in the budget. However ...

Super debate heats up ahead of Budget

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... in the future," she said. ASFA says that the cost of super tax concessions - put at $32 billion a year in the Tax Expenditure Statement - is actually much lower when you consider the savings the system makes to age pension expenditure and what it described ...

Still the best game in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
... only yesterday, Reuters reported on the 13.1% plunge in Japanese machinery orders - a leading indicator of capital expenditure -- over the month of January. I'm sure we could find more if we google hard enough. Or we could rehash those old tales of woe ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... due to release financial aggregates for January, while the Australian Bureau of Statistics posts private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure, December quarter data and Housing Industry Association (HIA) posts January figures for new home ...

Suggestions we don't support 12% CSG lies: Hockey

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... scrap it, yeah. That's a revelation, is it?" The comment comes after the shadow Treasurer said on Friday that the expenditure next to the MRRT "would go" even though the increase in superannuation is partly funded by the mining tax. A statement issued ...

Retirement costs on the rise again

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... transportation and recreation spending form a large part of retiree budgets. The differences in the composition of expenditure in the modest and comfortable budgets mean that a price increase for a specified 'good' or service can impact more on the modest ...

Super concessions cost $32bn in 2011-12

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
The total cost of superannuation tax concessions climbed 10.5% in 2011-12 to reach a record $32.4 billion, according to the just released Tax Expenditures Statements. Superannuation tax concessions account for 29% of the $111 billion of total tax expenditures ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... gained 0.06 per cent, to 5,803.28 points. Locally, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure data for the June 2012 quarter on Thursday, while the HIA new home sales figures for October are ...