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National Business Expectations Survey
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Price Rises Are on The Agenda in The New Year as Businesses Seek to Retain Profits
Jun 5, 2013After their expectations reached a 24-year low in the previous quarter, businesses are indicating that price rises are on the agenda in the new financial year as they seek to retain profits while compensating for cost pressures and low ...
Tags: Service, Bank, Price Expectations
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Australian Businesses Will Keep Cutting Their Spending This Year
May 8, 2013Australian businesses will keep cutting their spending this year, with expectations for capital investment, employment and new credit set to fall further. The deteriorating outlook for the September quarter suggests that despite pockets ...
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Fewer Executives Are Planning to Make a Capital Investment in Their Business
Apr 3, 2013Fewer executives are planning to make a capital investment in their business during the coming months, with investment expectations among Australian businesses fading in the lead-up to the middle of the year. Amid a broad drop-off in ...
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Australian Businesses Don't Plan to Hire New Staff in The Coming Months
Mar 8, 2013Australian businesses don’t plan to hire new staff in the coming months, and are putting off investments, as the cost of doing business takes its toll. On the back of recent high-profile job cuts and off-shoring announcements by a ...
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An Unhealthy Cash Flow Cycle Exists Among Australian Businesses
Feb 19, 2013An unhealthy cash flow cycle exists among Australian businesses, with 62 per cent of accounts settled late and firms taking on average, 52 days to pay their bills, according to the latest Trade Payments Analysis by Dun & Bradstreet. The ...
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Australian Businesses Pulled Back Their Profit Expectations for The Coming Months
Feb 7, 2013Australian businesses have pulled back their profit expectations for the coming months as they anticipate modest sales activity, difficult trading conditions and subdued consumer activity. After showing signs of optimism leading into the ...
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The Business Outlook for 2013 Is Mixed
Dec 5, 2012The business outlook for 2013 is mixed, with Australian executives indicating that sales, inventories, selling prices and employment will fall but investment and profits will rise. Dun & Bradstreet's latest National Business Expectations ...
Tags: Economic Outlook, business outlook, investment and profits
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The Business Outlook for 2013 Is Mixed
Dec 4, 2012The business outlook for 2013 is mixed, with Australian executives indicating that sales, inventories, selling prices and employment will fall but investment and profits will rise. Dun & Bradstreet’s latest National Business ...
Tags: Australia, Australian economy, National Business Expectations Survey