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Budget speech 2014 -15

... Energy Supplement to help with power costs. These changes will build a more sustainable welfare system, with more household income coming from personal effort rather than from the government. We must always remember that when one person receives an entitlement ...

Retail funds top super rankings survey

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
... wealthier members. Rankings were calculated on criteria such as average personal income of respondent, average household income, the percentage of customers with $100,000 or more in superannuation, and the percentage of contribution beyond compulsory ...

Advisers still servicing few wealthy clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... found. Income is essential to those seeking financial advice and 25% of those who earn more than $150,000 or with household income in excess of $160,000 use a financial adviser, compared with only 10% of those on lower incomes. "These figures show that ...

Keynes & Riccardo on display

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... well wait for the US economy to make up its mind - consumer spending stalled last month at the same time that household income grew at its fastest pace in three months and confidence climbed. Yes, yes, I hear you... what the? Something looks wrong with ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following the lead of Wall Street which ended its last session down on weak jobs data. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was down 51 points at 4,340. In economic news on ...

Sure 25 but maybe 50

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... companies in the S&P 500 that have reported so far topping expectations. But economic indicators remain mixed - household income increased by more than expected in March and consumer spending posted its biggest increase since August 2009; the ISM-Chicago ...

Find me that silver bullet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... read the Census Bureau that America's poverty rate rose to 15.1% last year from 14.3% in 2009 and the median household income dropped by 2.3%. Wait till they read the Reuters report that around 82% of Uncle Sam's children plan to spend less this holiday ...

Community housing wants to attract super funds

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... rental, increasing rents. "We're worried about those on the margins," he said. "A lot of those in the bottom 40% of household income distribution are paying more than 30% of their income in rent." Financial Standard is a media partner of the conference ...

No housing bubble: Fidelity

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... They are comparing capital city house prices with country income. They are using breadwinner income rather than household income, and they are only looking at salaried income as opposed to other earnings including rents and dividends," she said. Adjusting ...

A stitch in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn explains, deciding to give its currency flexibility "will help increase Chinese household income and provide the incentives necessary to reorient investment toward industries that serve the Chinese consumer," and could ...