Business View Oceania - Dec 2023

8 BUSINESS VIEW OCEANIA VOLUME 5, ISSUE 12 provide cause for positivity heading into the Christmas period,” Fifth Quadrant, Managing Director, James Organ, said. “The potential for further rate rises in 2024, coupled with higher input costs, are causing much anxiety for SMEs, recession readiness and the ability to pass on higher input costs remain steady. Thus, many SMEs will enter the Christmas period optimistic, and hopeful of easing inflationary and cost pressures in the new year.” Source- insidesmallbusiness.com.au , news, First published on December 21st, 2023