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MYEFO: Surplus of promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... sector in 2016-17, which is expected to provide some support to tax collections in 2017-18. However, this will be more than offset by the impact of weaker growth in aggregate wages and non-mining profits across the forward estimates." He went on to say ...

Super tax receipts to reach $8bn: MYEFO

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... to be supported by the parliament at $13.2 billion, including $12.5 billion in payment savings. "Sustained discipline to offset new expenditure and pass existing Budget repair measures is needed to consolidate the Budget and to lower government debt ...

CBA finances wind farm construction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
The Commonwealth Bank is entering a consortium financing the construction of one of Australia's largest wind farms. The bank is co-financing the project with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, CWP Renewables, Partners Group, Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... even more as interest rates continue to increase. Already, the big four banks have raised mortgage rates as they try to offset the pressure on their interest rate margins caused by higher funding rates. The good news for Australia is that the Fed's interest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... and 2.2% in August. The better-than-expected result was driven by a 4.6% jump in non-manufacturing orders that more than offset a 1.4% fall in manufacturing. A continued increase in core machinery orders suggests an improvement in capital expenditure ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
... record of 52.9 in November as an easing in the manufacturing sector's expansion (50.9 in November from 51.2 in October) was offset by a jump in general services business activity from 52.4 to a 16-month high of 53.1 in November.

Life insurance commissions bill passes lower house

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... business models. He said: "While most advisers understand that phased reductions in upfront remuneration from 2018 will be offset by higher ongoing remuneration, the change is still significant for many advisers." Synchron director Don Trapnell questioned ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... contributions from consumer spending (1.89 percentage points from 1.47) and net exports (0.87 from 0.83). This was partly offset by fixed investment (-0.15 pp from -0.09) and government consumption and investment (0.05 from 0.09). The contribution from ...

Impact only fund makes first investments

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
... delivery and postal service that looks to challenge Australia Post with a convenient, affordable, trackable and fully carbon offset pick-up and delivery service. Giant Leap's second investment is YourGrocer, a business offering same-day delivery from ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... consumption was flat over the quarter and so was public expenditure declined as the 0.4% gain in government consumption was offset by the 0.7% decline in government investment. However, inflation - as measured by the GDP price deflator - worsened, down ...