美股市況|美首季GDP放緩 道指曾瀉700點後跌幅收窄 長債息升穿4.7厘 美英偉達逆市彈3%(不斷更新) – 香港經濟日報 – 即時新聞頻道 –
即市財經 – 股市
-
美股早段大跌,道指曾瀉706點,低見37754點,納指曾挫368點或2.3%,至15343點開市大跌16%,預告今年資本開支增、明年使費更大微軟、Alphabet、intel、Snap等將公布業績美股
Read More
1 hour ago
Haha, think it's mainly targeted at employees. They get more in cash & on monthly basis instead of annually.
ReplyDeleteNot sure how much of lower income spent on medical expenses and govt might think lower income should be safeguarding their abilities to pay for medical needs. Cash can anyhow spend. Hmmm
DeleteBased on latest 2018 household expenditure survey, % of monthly income spent on healthcare:-
DeleteFor bottom quintile households = $256/$2,235 = 11.5%
For top quintile households = $432/$26,587 = 1.6%
But the more pertinent question is why low-income employee & low-income self-employed have different WIS treatment? Afterall both are low-income and likely to be bottom quintile right? ;)
A bit of human nature, behavioural finance, and nudge theory has gone into why policymakers have decided to implement WIS in this manner. ;)
(BTW the survey includes "non-work income" as part of household income .... hence you definitely won't be in bottom quintile! LOL!)