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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... unprecedented degree of uncertainty this time around as to how the next few years of new home building unfold. US personal income and outlays US personal income rose by 0.4% in July following a 0.3% increase in the previous month, led by a 0.5% pick-up ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... because of the uncertainty surrounding the record pipeline of work approved but yet to commence construction." US personal income and outlays It appears that even without Brexit uncertainty, latest income, consumption and inflation data suggest that ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
... conditions, but no strengthening either. Expectations regarding business and labor market conditions, as well as personal income prospects, improved moderately. Overall, consumers remain cautiously optimistic about economic growth in the short-term." ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... to get" also increased - to 26.6% from 23.6. And it seems that sluggish income growth - reported in yesterday's personal income and outlay stats - is to remain. Those expecting their incomes to increase fell to 17.2 in March from 17.7 in the prior month ...

More Australians intend to retire later

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... In encouraging news for the superannuation sector, just over half (53%) reported their main expected source of personal income at retirement as 'superannuation/annuity/allocated pension'. "While 47% of [people] aged 45 years and over who had retired ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
US personal income and outlays Sluggish US personal income and spending data have doused speculations of an April rate hike - prompted by St. Louis Fed president James Bullard's comments last week that, "You get another strong jobs report, it looks ...

A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... The US consumer - that which accounts for almost 70% of the economy - is earning higher income and spending it. Personal income increased by a greater than expected 0.5% in January - the most since June last year. Personal spending also went up by a ...

More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... along with currency translation effects equal weak profits, dampening business investment and employment, reducing personal income, weakening consumption that depresses national output. As well, a stronger yen puts more downward pressure on inflation. ...

FSC calls for 22% company tax

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... fair for all Australians. Cutting company tax to 22% is the centrepiece of the new tax mix package. "Indexing the personal income tax thresholds means there is no more easy money for Canberra. Australia's ageing population demands that our governments ...

Treasurer calls for planners to enter China

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... - the boss can give you more because you've increased your productivity and the Treasurer can by cutting your personal income tax. I'd like to see both," Morrison said. "The inflation tax or bracket creep pushes people on to higher taxes as their incomes ...