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| | | ... Worse, it could lead to lower inflation expectations and increased risk of deflation that, in turn, restrains consumer spending and business investment. Why buy and invest now when prices would be the same or lower in the future? It becomes a self-fulfilling ... |
| | | | ... governor's change in tack from waiting for the "resilient" labour market to feed through into higher wages, consumer spending and inflation to: "The Australian economy can support an unemployment rate of below 5% without raising inflation concerns. ... |
| | | | ... early January this year, it's heading there. The prospect of lower borrowing costs which should stimulate consumer spending, a cheaper AUD to bump up domestic exporters' competitiveness, and lift offshore earnings through currency translations ... |
| | | | ... more pessimistic about their financial situation and the economic situation - portending continued weakness in consumer spending. This is made worse by the continued slide in consumer inflation expectations to a reading of 15.7 in April from 17 in March ... |
| | | | ... retail spending in the year to March (from 4.0% in January and February) would persist going forward. Where consumer spending goes, there goes businesses, proved by the improvement in the CBI business optimism index - up to -13 in the second quarter ... |
| | | | ... levels are yet 'normal.'" Higher oil prices reduce household disposable income that, in turn, reduce consumer spending and by extension, economic growth. Higher oil prices increase business input costs, reducing margins and profits that ultimately ... |
| | | | ... to mention, the hit to optimism by the negative wealth effect from falling housing prices, triggering reduced consumer spending, lower company profits, a decline in business investment - plant, equipment & structures and staffing - as well as in obtaining ... |
| | | | ... following year and 3.25% the next. Whether or not this happens will have an impact - negative or positive - on consumer spending, that'll flow through into company sales and profits and then investment... overall economic growth and through to government ... |
| | | | ... 11,900 rise in part-time jobs; full-time hiring declined by 7300 heads. The "permanent income hypothesis" that consumer spending is a function of workers' expectations of the permanency of their income. Full-timers expect more income permanence than ... |
| | | | ... well, given still below-RBA target inflation, would put upward pressure on inflation which, in turn, encourages consumer spending now lest prices continue increasing in the future. However, the Fed's pause, the ECB's targeted longer-term refinancing ... |
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