Australian economists believe that tumbling benchmark interest and bond yields mean businesses should lower their required rates of return on investment projects.
Companies’ reluctance to invest despite local cash rates at record lows and US 10-year risk free treasuries at just 1.92 per cent has troubled both the RBA and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) as key stakeholders in stoking demand and investment.
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