1350.0 - Australian Economic Indicators, Dec 2008  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/11/2008   
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ABBREVIATIONS

The following symbols and abbreviations are used in this publication:

'000 thousand
$m million dollars
ABARE Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
ADP automatic data processing
AHECC Australian Harmonised Export Commodity Classification
ANZSIC Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification
ASEAN Association of South-East Asian Nations
ASX Australian Stock Exchange
b billion (one thousand million)
c.i.f. cost, insurance and freight
cat. no. Catalogue number
CNW change in net worth
CPI consumer price index
excl. excluding
EU European Union
f.o.b. free on board
GDP gross domestic product
GFCF gross fixed capital formation
GFS Government Finance Statistics
kWh kilowatt hour
LPG liquefied petroleum gas
Mm³ million cubic metres
Mt megatonne
n.e.c. not elsewhere classified
n.e.s. not elsewhere specified
NBFI non-bank financial intermediary
NLB net lending/borrowing
NOB net operating balance
NW net worth
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PFC public financial corporations
PGFCF private gross fixed capital formation
PNFC public non-financial corporations
RBA Reserve Bank of Australia
S&P/ASX 200 Standard and Poor's Australian Stock Exchange top 200
SITC Standard International Trade Classification
SUV sport utility vehicle
TFI total factor income
USA United States of America