1350.0 - Australian Economic Indicators, Sep 2008  
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OVERSEAS COMPARISONS

Balance on current account, (from Table 10.2) Proportion of GDP
Graph: Balance of current account, proportion of GDP from table 10.2. Showing Australia, France, Japan, UK and USA.

Balance on current account, Percentage of seasonally adjusted GDP(a)

Period
United States
Japan
Germany
France
Italy
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia

Annual

2005-06
-5.9
3.7
5.1
-0.6
-1.8
-2.7
1.9
-5.7
2006-07
-6.0
4.1
6.3
-0.7
-2.5
-4.0
1.5
-5.6
2007-08
nya
nya
nya
nya
nya
nya
nya
nya

Seasonally adjusted

2005-2006
June
-6.0
3.8
5.2
-0.7
-2.1
-3.5
2.1
-5.6
2006-2007
September
-6.3
3.8
5.3
-0.8
-2.5
-3.6
1.8
-5.5
December
-6.0
3.9
6.1
-0.7
-2.6
-3.9
1.4
-5.5
March
-5.9
4.1
6.7
-0.7
-2.6
-4.2
1.2
-5.6
June
-5.8
4.4
7.2
-0.8
-2.5
-4.3
1.4
-5.7
2007-2008
September
-5.5
4.7
7.7
-0.9
-2.4
-4.6
1.3
-5.9
December
-5.3
4.8
7.7
-1.2
-2.4
-4.3
0.9
-6.1
March
-5.1
4.8
7.7
-1.3
-2.6
-3.6
1.0
-6.4
June
nya
nya
nya
nya
nya
nya
nya
nya

nya not yet available
(a) Statistics are calculated as the original balance on current account as a percentage of the seasonally adjusted current price gross domestic product, except for Japan and Germany, where real gross national product replaces gross domestic product.
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD.

Balance of payments(a)(b), Current balance

Period
United States
Japan
Germany
France
Italy
United Kingdom
Canada
China
India
Australia
New Zealand

Annual (US $ billion)

2005-06
-834.5
64.8
184.9
-43.9
-21.2
-87.4
49.8
123.3
-45.6
-10.4
-4.4
2006-07
-827.2
80.9
242.9
-50.2
-18.2
-156.6
41.2
234.5
-64.7
-10.3
-4.3
2007-08
nya
79.5
nya
nya
nya
nya
nya
nya
nya
-19.6
nya

Seasonally adjusted (US $ billion)

2006-2007
May
-68.5
6.2
23.4
-4.6
-1.2
-14.6
4.7
22.1
-5.9
-1.2
-0.4
June
-68.7
7.2
21.3
-4.8
0.4
-14.8
4.4
26.7
-8.5
-1.6
-0.5
2007-2008
July
-67.8
7.4
23.6
-6.7
-1.7
-16.0
2.7
22.0
-5.5
-0.9
-0.5
August
-66.7
9.7
21.0
-5.1
-2.2
-15.8
3.3
22.1
-6.4
-1.5
-0.3
September
-66.7
9.0
25.7
-5.2
-0.7
-16.9
1.8
26.6
-4.1
-1.9
-0.3
October
-67.7
8.7
23.9
-5.9
-1.5
-16.2
3.5
21.3
-6.2
-2.1
-0.1
November
-71.7
7.2
25.3
-7.0
-0.7
-17.0
3.0
18.6
-7.2
-1.7
-0.1
December
-69.5
5.2
24.2
-6.5
-2.0
-15.5
1.8
20.0
-6.5
-1.1
-0.1
January
-70.2
7.5
24.9
-7.8
-0.9
-16.1
2.7
21.5
-7.3
-2.4
-0.1
February
-72.5
5.6
24.9
-6.1
1.1
-15.6
5.1
15.3
-7.3
-3.2
0.0
March
-68.4
6.7
26.2
-7.6
-0.8
-15.3
4.0
18.4
-8.7
-1.7
-0.5
April
-73.0
6.1
28.7
-9.2
-1.4
-15.2
6.5
22.4
-9.2
-0.7
-0.5
May
-72.5
5.0
24.1
-8.1
-1.0
-15.9
4.1
19.9
nya
-1.8
-0.7
June
nya
1.3
nya
nya
nya
nya
nya
nya
nya
-0.7
nya
2008-2009
July
nya
nya
nya
nya
nya
nya
nya
nya
nya
nya
nya

nya not yet available
(a) All series are exports (fob) less imports (cif) except for Canada and Australia where imports are also fob. Data are measured on a foreign trade basis.
(b) Excludes trade with the German Domestic Republic.
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD.





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