Posts Tagged ‘Stimulus package’

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Feb03

Australian Retailers Association call for more Retail stimulus

by retailnu on February 3rd, 2009 at 10:32 am
Posted In: Govt Policy & Taxation, News & Articles

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) said the expected interest rate cut of 1.0 percentage point will take three to six months to flow through the economy and is calling on the Federal Government to adopt a range of stimulus measures to accelerate consumer spending. ARA executive director Richard Evans said the retail market was still […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Feb07

Retailers say Obama stimulus plan not enough

by retailnu on February 7th, 2009 at 10:42 am
Posted In: Govt Policy & Taxation, News & Articles

CHICAGO (Reuters) – The largest U.S. retail trade group said current economic stimulus legislation might not do enough to spur consumer spending and repeated its call for a series of temporary sales tax holidays. The National Retail Federation is “extremely concerned that it does not do enough to immediately stimulate consumer spending or to preserve […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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