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Xero表示,澳洲小型企業今年開局穩健。

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-- Xero週四表示,澳洲小型企業今年開局強勁,3月季度銷售額成長7.2%,但中東衝突導致的燃油價格上漲構成主要風險。 根據Xero小型企業洞察數據,儘管澳洲央行兩度調高現金利率,本季業績依然強勁,尤其是在最後兩個月,而升息本可能對銷售造成不利影響。本季銷售額、就業和薪資均有所成長,幾乎達到歷史平均成長率。 該公司表示,燃油成本飆升導致的價格上漲目前尚未在小型企業中普遍發生,3月份的銷售成長可能是由於實體銷售增加而非價格上漲所致。 這一點體現在運輸和物流行業的銷售額增長了13.2%,而該行業受燃油價格的影響最大。 該公司表示:“燃油價格高企的時間越長,澳洲儲備銀行為應對不斷擴大的通膨衝擊而進一步提高現金利率的風險就越大。” Xero補充說,這個依賴燃料進口的國家目前的燃料庫存“充足”,並建議小型企業照常購買燃料。

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