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The recession we are promised to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013

Next government to reconsider super taxes: Grattan Inst

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... executive, John Daley, told the Australian Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Investment Interchange that budget expenditure since the first term of the Howard government in 1996 had been increasing at 3% pa. But in the Howard government's fourth ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... as the OECD trimmed its world economic growth forecast for 2013 to 3.1 per cent from 3.4 per cent. Official capital expenditure data for the March quarter could hit Australian stocks again on Thursday morning, it if adds to fears about a slowing Australian ...

Infrastructure tax incentives put before Parliament

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... disincentive to private investment in nationally significant projects is the long lead times between incurring deductible expenditure in the construction phase through to earning income in the operational phase. "The measure will increase investment ...

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 ...