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Ten-year enterprise tax plan to benefit SMEs

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... more competitive company tax rate will "encourage investment, raise productivity, increase GDP and over time raise real wages and living standards." Businesses with a turnover of less than $10 million will also be able to access instant write offs for ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... attributed the easing in rental rates to "extra accommodation supply" and "a variety of influences such as falling real wages, excess rental supply in certain areas and lower rates of population growth which have impacted on demand for rental accommodation." ...

Australian wages grow slowest on record but real is better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
... relatively subdued over the coming months. However, while the nominal wage numbers are cause for concern, growth in real wages remains positive -- thanks to low inflation. And though real wages have come down from the 1.0% annual rate in the March quarter ...

FSC calls for 22% company tax

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... modelling shows Australia's economy will be 1.9% bigger after the changes. In addition, employment will rise 0.1%, real wages will increase 1.4% and productivity will rise 1.8%. Within the package the FSC has also renewed its calls to State governments ...

Treasurer calls for planners to enter China

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... Treasurer said it is through increased competition and gains in productivity that "we will secure stronger growth in the real wages of Australians." "You can get a pay rise two ways in this country - the boss can give you more because you've increased ...

BOJ in (tactical) retreat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... household spending continues to contract, down 1.3% in the year to April -- the 13th straight month of decline. Sure, real wages have picked up by 0.12% in April (year-on-year) but this more because it was flattered by the low figure a year ago when ...

Damned lies and (actual) stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... huge upswing in spending (up 11.1% yoy in March 2014) ahead of the consumption tax hike, the persistent weakness in real wages points to continued weakness in retail spending going forward. Real wages fell by 2.6% in the year to March, the 21st straight ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... On consumption and income, retail sales fell by 1.8% in the year to February following January's 2.0% decline while real wages continue to decline (down 2.3% in February) in annual terms - hardly the stuff that could bring inflation up to the BOJ's 2.0% ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... spending dropped by 5.9% in the year to July after contracting by 3.0% in June. Households' aren't spending because real wages continue to decline - down 1.7% in the year to July. Easing consumer confidence in August indicates further weakness in store. ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... consumer demand growth (after the effects of the consumption tax hike wanes) is at odds with the persistent decline in real wages in the economy. According to Factset data, Japanese real wages have fallen by 3.2% in the year to June that followed an ...