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BCA call to freeze Budget gets cold shoulder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
The Business Council of Australia (BCA) wants the government to freeze budget expenditure for three years but doesn't believe executive salaries should follow suit. In its Budget submission, the BCA said the Federal Budget should "Set a target of zero ...

Garnaut Review heralds an economic revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... or to the Government in the first instance, and then to the beneficiaries of reduced taxation or increased public expenditure, if the permits are sold competitively)." In other words, fuel and energy costs will increase dramatically. Managing these transitions ...

More bite from subprime

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2007
... off at the moment is only $50 billion." He said US consumers have been increasingly using their households to fuel expenditure, but as a result of the credit crunch, these funds will not be easily refinanced. "When 70 per cent of US GDP is consumption ...

Fundies find a loophole in money laundering law

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2007
... authority. IFSA chief executive Richard Gilbert said: "Until yesterday it was full steam ahead. This has been a massive expenditure for our members, who were not covered by the Financial Transaction Reporting Act and have not had these monitoring and ...

India calls for better financial services

ALEX DUNNIN IN MUMBAI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
Consumption expenditure in India accounts for 62 per cent of GDP placing it in the same league as developed nations like the US and Australia, highlighting that high-value consumer sectors such as financial services could be big investment opportunities ...

Mortgage stress hits record levels

... impact of the credit crunch has continued to lift rates alongside recent rate increases, together with strong domestic expenditure price pressure and rising petrol prices." To ease the stress, North suggested a five-point plan which includes addressing ...

Economic round up: Inflation climbing, can rates hold?

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2007
... Government purse strings are also loosening in favour of public sector infrastructure. Lehman's overall outlook for capital expenditure is that it will have an "unwelcome impact" boosting an already hot economy. While inflation is giving the RBA a temporary ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases international trade in goods and services data for April and private new capital expenditure data for the March quarter. On the market, wheat farmer Graincorp releases it first-half results and pay TV provider ...

Fin Synergy ramps up R&D

... research and development (R&D). "We have increased spending on R&D by 300% and we intend to maintain that level of expenditure over the coming few years," he said. The group's key focus would be on how to help administrators and fund managers outsource ...

New Jersey Govt spends teachers' future fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
... trouble last week as it was revealed funds destined for retirement funding had been diverted to cover more immediate expenditure, in a theme echoing some of the recent debate around Australia's Future Fund being used to fund government infrastructure ...