Resilience in Australia’s corporate profits unlikely to last

The surge in corporate profits in Q2 happened despite a large drop in sales and mostly reflects the impact of the JobKeeper wage subsidy. With that subsidy being scaled back, corporate profits should come off the boil and business investment will continue to fall.

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