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Explainer: why markets care what businesses are buying

  • Written by Lee Smales, Associate Professor, Finance, Curtin University
imageIt's important to look at what businesses are purchasing.Shutterstock

How we track our economy influences everything from government spending and taxes to home lending and business investment. In our series The Way We Measure, we’re taking a close look at economic indicators to better understand what’s going on.


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