 |
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%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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