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The UK government has recently indicated that it could make some surprise tax announcements in coming days.
Increasing productivity means increasing investment, but raising interest rates makes businesses do the opposite.
The Conversation’s expert panel predicts prices will rise faster than Australians’ pay can keep up in 2022 – and that’s not their only concern about the local economy.
Outside of a few superstar firms investing heavily in artificial intelligence, investment by Australian businesses has been shrinking for a decade and isn’t set to bounce back.
Only five of the 56 economists surveyed believed lower immigration would boost wage growth. The rest backed measures to lift productivity and investment and changes that boosted the power of unions.
Businesses won’t employ more people unless they are prepared to invest. Figures out on Thursday suggest they are.
Without a jump in consumer spending the recovery will be slow, and that’s in doubt.
There’s more to that Coronavirus. Even before it, businesses weren’t keen to invest.
The government will extend its $150,000 instant assets write-off until the end of the year
Businesses are reluctant to invest, but that might be because they know what they are doing.
Germany’s rising inequality shows what happens when consumers and companies don’t widely embrace innovation.
The government can help boost business investment, but it would take a boost in government investment and would keep the budget in deficit.
The Fed abruptly ended two years of aggressive interest rate hikes, signaling the longest economic expansion on record may be coming to a close.
To reap the benefits of strong business investment without a costly tax giveaway, Australia must continue to play to its strengths.
There are 20 US cities bidding to host Amazon’s HQ2 – but the winner will have its work cut out to make the most of the prize.
The current subdued level of non-mining business investment may be the “new normal”.
Although the Fed delayed raising rates this month, it has signaled it intends to wean the U.S. economy off its unprecedented monetary stimulus. Now the question is whether Congress will take the handoff.
Business investment fell by 4.4%, with non-mining sectors slow to take up the slack left by resources.
Top contributors
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Economist at Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Professional Practice, University of Westminster
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor in Finance, University of Stirling
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting, University of Surrey
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Affiliated Researcher, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), United Nations University
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Lecturer, Zicklin College of Business; Advisor, Lawrence N. Field Center for Entrepreneurship, Baruch College, CUNY
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Distinguished Visiting Professor of Economics, University of Johannesburg
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PhD candidate, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Management and Business, Skidmore College
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Associate Professor of Business, University of Victoria
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Productivity Growth Program Director, Grattan Institute
