Retail Spending To Improve In 2011

Published on December 13, 2010 by Technology Slice

Retail Spending To Improve In 2011 – In what is disappointing news for Australian retailers, a poor year in 2010 is unlikely to be saved by some Christmas cheer according to a review of the sector by Australian economic consultancy Access Economics. The group’s “Retail Forecasts, November 2010” analysis suggests while 2010 has seen solid [...]

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Rate Hikes Squeezing Australian Purses

Published on November 23, 2010 by Technology Slice

Rate Hikes Squeezing Australian Purses – An online survey by mortgage broker Loan Market also found that almost two-thirds of respondents were re-assessing their spending due to higher mortgage repayments. Loan Market’s chief operating officer Dean Rushton says four official rate hikes by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) in 2010 has had a major [...]

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Minimum Wage Rises To $570 A Week

Published on June 4, 2010 by Technology Slice

Minimum Wage Rises To $570 A Week – Fair Work Australia announced the change to the $544 minimum wage in Melbourne today, bringing it up to $570 a week, or $15 per hour. The large increase – which was $1 less than the Australian Council of Trade Unions claim – followed last year’s decision to [...]

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Importers Struggling

Published on February 11, 2010 by Technology Slice

Importers are struggling to cope with a weaker Australian dollar after the 11-month rally that drove it as high as 94 US cents came to an abrupt end. Turmoil on international markets, triggered in large part by debt default fears for several European nations, has stoked global growth jitters. The Aussie dollar, tied closely to [...]

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