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The following information is derived from ABS data.



           


 


 


Main
Features
Period
Units
Value
Change
Previous
Period
Change
Corresponding
Period Last 
Year
National Accounts  
 
Gross domestic product GDP, Chain volume measures - Trend Dec Qtr 2016
$m
421 338
0.3%
1.9%
Gross domestic product GDP, Chain volume measures - Annual 2015-16
$m
1 659 783
2.6%
na

International Accounts
 
 
 
 
 
Balance on Goods and Services - Trend Feb 2017
$m
3 320
19.6%
..
Total Goods and Services Credits - Trend Feb 2017
$m
32 957
2.0%
30.9%
Total Goods and Services Debits - Trend Feb 2017
$m
29 637
0.3%
5.0%
Balance on Current Account - Trend Dec Qtr 2016
$m
-5 437
43.8%
73.7%
Net International Investment Position (IIP) - Original Dec Qtr 2016
$m
1 021 612
-1.9%
6.3%
Net Foreign Debt - Original Dec Qtr 2016
$m
1 023 055
-2.4%
0.1%

Consumption and investment
Retail turnover at current prices - Trend February 2017
$m
25726.4
0.1%
2.9%
Actual New Capital Expenditure in volume terms - Trend Dec 2016
$m
27393
-3.1%
-14.4%
Inventories held by Private Businesses, in volume terms - Trend Dec 2016
$m
155 921
0.7%
1.8%
Total new motor vehicle sales - Trend March 2017
no.
96 023
-0.3%
-2.0%

Production
Income from sales of goods and services by Manufacturers in volume terms - Trend Dec 2016
$m
81 807
-0.7%
-3.2%
Dwelling unit approvals - Trend Feb 2017
no.
17 639
0.8%
-11.5%
Building approvals -Trend Feb 2017
$m
8 725.3
-0.1%
-5.2%
Total dwelling units commenced - trend Dec 2016
no.
56 357
-1.5%
-3.1%
Building work done - Chain Volume Measures - Trend Dec 2016
$m
26 619.7
-0.6%
1.9%
Engineering construction work done - Chain Volume Measures - trend Dec 2016
$m
19 269.7
-4.7%
-22.2%

Prices
 
 
 
 
 
Consumer price index (2011-12 = 100.0) - Original Mar Qtr 2017
Index no.
110.5
0.5
2.1
Producer Price Indexes, Final Demand (2011-12 = 100.0) - Original Dec Qtr 2016
Index no.
106.8
+0.5%
+0.7%
Import price index (2011-12 = 100.0) - Original Dec Qtr 2016
Index no.
102.7
0.2%
–4.6%
Export price index (2011-12 = 100.0) - Original Dec Qtr 2016
Index no.
86.0
12.4%
12.4%
Wage Price Index (2008-2009 = 100.0) - Original Dec Qtr 2016
Index no.
125.1
0.4%
2.0%

Labour Force and Demography
Employed persons - Trend Mar 2017
'000
12 033.4
0.1%
0.8%
Participation rate - Trend Mar 2017
%
64.7
0.0 pts
-0.4 pts
Unemployment rate - Trend Mar 2017
%
5.9
0.0 pts
0.0 pts
Employment to Population ratio - Trend Mar 2017
%
60.9
0.0 pts
-0.3 pts
Job Vacancies - Trend Feb 2017
'000
186.4
2.6%
9.4%
Estimated resident population - (Preliminary) Sep Qtr 2016
'000
24,220.2
0.4%
1.5%
Short-term overseas visitor arrivals - Trend (a) February 2017
'000
713.5
0.3%
7.7%
For unemployment and participation rates, the changes are given as percentage points.

Incomes
Company gross operating profits (in current price terms) - Trend Dec 2016
$m
74 291
9.3%
20.0%
Average weekly earnings, full-time adults: ordinary time - Trend Nov 2016
$
1533.10
np
2.2%

Housing Finance
Housing finance for owner occupation, dwellings financed - Trend February 2017
no.
55070
0.3%
-1.5%

 


na not available
np not published
. . not applicable or not available
(a) Data revised from July 2004 to December 2013. For information see Explanatory Note 12 & 13.



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