5206.0 - Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, Dec 2008 Quality Declaration 
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MAIN FEATURES PRODUCTION CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES

Trend
Seasonally adjusted
% change Sep 08 to Dec 08
% change Dec 07 to Dec 08
% points contribution to growth in GDP Sep 08 to Dec 08
% change Sep 08 to Dec 08
% change Dec 07 to Dec 08
% points contribution to growth in GDP Sep 08 to Dec 08

Agriculture, forestry and fishing
6.9
13.0
0.2
10.4
13.9
0.2
Mining
-
2.4
-
0.4
1.7
-
Manufacturing
-2.1
-1.8
-0.2
-4.7
-3.4
-0.5
Electricity, gas and water supply
1.0
3.6
-
-1.5
3.1
-
Construction
0.5
3.8
-
-0.3
3.5
-
Wholesale trade
-0.8
0.6
-
-3.3
-1.5
-0.2
Retail trade
0.1
0.5
-
0.4
0.5
-
Accommodation, cafes and restaurants
-0.2
-2.4
-
-
-1.9
-
Transport and storage
-0.3
2.5
-
0.4
2.7
-
Communication services
0.8
2.3
-
1.6
2.8
-
Finance and insurance
-1.1
-3.6
-0.1
-0.3
-3.4
-
Property and business services
-0.8
2.4
-0.1
-2.4
1.5
-0.3
Government administration and defence
0.1
-0.4
-
-0.9
-2.3
-
Education
0.3
1.4
-
0.4
1.5
-
Health and community services
0.3
2.5
-
0.4
3.4
-
Cultural and recreational services
0.6
3.1
-
-1.3
0.9
-
Personal and other services
-0.3
1.7
-
-0.3
1.9
-
Ownership of dwellings
0.7
2.8
0.1
0.7
2.8
0.1
Taxes less subsidies on products
-0.5
-2.0
-
-0.1
-2.1
-
Statistical discrepancy (P)
. .
. .
-
. .
. .
0.1
Gross domestic product
-0.1
0.6
-0.1
-0.5
0.3
-0.5

. . not applicable
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)



DECEMBER QUARTER

Summary Comments

Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
  • The trend estimate of Gross value added rose by 6.9% (seasonally adjusted up 10.4%). This was driven by a rise of 7.3% in Agriculture with Forestry and fishing flat (0.0%).

Construction
  • The trend estimate increased by 0.5%. The seasonally adjusted estimate was down 0.3%.

Manufacturing
  • The trend estimate fell 2.1%, while the seasonally adjusted estimate decreased 4.7%. The main decreases were in Wood and paper products (-5.1%), Printing, publishing and recorded media (-4.0%), Metal products (-5.5%), Machinery and equipment (-6.5%), and Other manufacturing (-8.6%). The only rise was in Non-metallic mineral products (1.7%).

Wholesale Trade
  • The trend estimate decreased by 0.8%. The seasonally adjusted estimate fell by 3.3%. Wholesale trade is heavily influenced by the level of imports for the quarter.

Property and business services
  • The trend estimate decreased by 0.8%, while the seasonally adjusted estimate fell by 2.4%.