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CAPITAL

Private gross fixed capital formation, (from Table 3.4) Seasonally adjusted - Chain volume measures

Private gross fixed capital formation and inventories, Chain volume measures(a)
		Private gross fixed capital formation							Changes in inventories
Period		Dwellings	Non-dwelling construction	Machinery and equipment	Livestock	Intangible fixed assets	Ownership transfer costs	Total	Private non-farm	Farm and public authority
ANNUAL ($ MILLION)
2004-05		63 152	45 784	64 872	2 773	11 072	15 619	203 083	5 665	168
2005-06		60 462	55 368	74 372	2 816	11 832	15 972	220 823	-386	836
2006-07		61 924	61 681	75 648	2 092	13 880	15 831	231 056	1 291	661
PERCENTAGE CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS YEAR
2004-05		-0.8	8.4	16.3	3.7	8.8	-16.6	5.8	na	na
2005-06		-4.3	20.9	14.6	1.6	6.9	2.3	8.7	na	na
2006-07		2.4	11.4	1.7	-25.7	17.3	-0.9	4.6	na	na
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ($ MILLION)
2005-2006
	March	14 470	13 895	19 233	704	2 960	4 117	55 447	-178	277
	June	15 299	14 211	18 466	704	3 080	4 255	56 100	-1 172	195
2006-2007
	September	15 099	14 223	18 306	523	3 247	3 809	55 207	-995	139
	December	15 646	14 659	17 908	523	3 339	3 694	55 769	189	345
	March	15 681	16 453	19 134	523	3 498	3 965	59 254	1 599	-21
	June	15 498	16 345	20 301	523	3 797	4 362	60 826	765	213
2007-2008
	September	15 631	17 294	19 709	565	3 851	4 157	61 208	1 396	481
	December	15 563	16 788	20 457	565	3 927	4 070	61 372	1 117	435
	March	15 569	17 554	20 142	565	4 084	3 931	61 846	1 013	500
PERCENTAGE CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS QUARTER
2006-2007
	December	3.6	3.1	-2.2	0.0	2.8	-3.0	1.0	na	na
	March	0.2	12.2	6.8	0.0	4.8	7.3	6.2	na	na
	June	-1.2	-0.7	6.1	0.0	8.5	10.0	2.7	na	na
2007-2008
	September	0.9	5.8	-2.9	8.1	1.4	-4.7	0.6	na	na
	December	-0.4	-2.9	3.8	0.0	2.0	-2.1	0.3	na	na
	March	0.0	4.6	-1.5	0.0	4.0	-3.4	0.8	na	na
na not available
(a) Reference year 2005-06.
Source: Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, cat. no. 5206.0

Actual Private New Capital Expenditure, By type of asset and selected industry(a)
		Current prices						Chain volume measures(b)
Period		Asset- Buil - dings and struc- tures	Asset- Equip- ment, plant and mach- inery	Industry - Mining	Industry - Manufac- turing	Industry - Other selected indus- tries	Total	Asset- Buildings and struc- tures	Asset- Equip- ment, plant and mach- inery	Industry - Mining	Industry - Manufac- turing	Industry - Other selected indus- tries	Total
Annual ($ million)
2004-05		19 262	38 293	10 253	12 681	34 620	57 554	20 521	37 088	10 747	12 796	34 065	57 848
2005-06		29 057	43 584	18 609	15 428	38 605	72 641	29 057	43 584	18 609	15 428	38 605	72 641
2006-07		34 461	43 090	22 118	13 264	42 169	77 552	32 307	44 243	21 080	13 150	42 320	76 550
Percentage change from previous year
2004-05		23.1	7.6	10.5	11.0	13.4	12.3	14.0	13.0	6.2	11.2	16.2	13.3
2005-06		50.9	13.8	81.5	21.7	11.5	26.2	41.6	17.5	73.1	20.6	13.3	25.6
2006-07		18.6	-1.1	18.9	-14.0	9.2	6.8	11.2	1.5	13.3	-14.8	9.6	5.4
Seasonally adjusted ($ million)
2005-2006
	March	7 328	11 483	5 140	3 858	9 812	18 810	7 342	11 465	5 136	3 819	9 835	18 777
	June	8 308	10 481	5 532	3 618	9 639	18 789	8 142	10 649	5 437	3 611	9 729	18 758
2006-2007
	September	7 724	10 527	4 897	3 522	9 832	18 251	7 410	10 688	4 751	3 485	9 777	18 013
	December	7 744	10 354	5 340	3 427	9 330	18 097	7 298	10 545	5 136	3 397	9 391	17 923
	March	9 098	10 929	5 682	3 243	11 102	20 027	8 476	11 291	5 397	3 202	11 053	19 651
	June	9 947	11 267	6 144	3 075	11 996	21 215	9 123	11 720	5 796	3 067	12 099	20 963
2007-2008
	September	9 147	10 982	6 045	3 196	10 890	20 131	8 280	11 483	5 630	3 155	10 863	19 648
	December	10 121	11 194	6 470	3 422	11 424	21 316	9 103	11 886	6 033	3 432	11 612	21 077
	March	10 241	10 840	6 850	3 473	10 759	21 082	9 031	11 579	6 273	3 413	10 873	20 559
Percentage change from previous quarter - Seasonally adjusted
2006-2007
	December	0.3	-1.6	9.0	-2.7	-5.1	-0.8	-1.5	-1.3	8.1	-2.5	-4.0	-0.5
	March	17.5	5.6	6.4	-5.4	19.0	10.7	16.1	7.1	5.1	-5.7	17.7	9.6
	June	9.3	3.1	8.1	-5.2	8.1	5.9	7.6	3.8	7.4	-4.2	9.5	6.7
2007-2008
	September	-8.0	-2.5	-1.6	3.9	-9.2	-5.1	-9.2	-2.0	-2.9	2.8	-10.2	-6.3
	December	10.6	1.9	7.0	7.1	4.9	5.9	9.9	3.5	7.2	8.8	6.9	7.3
	March	1.2	-3.2	5.9	1.5	-5.8	-1.1	-0.8	-2.6	4.0	-0.6	-6.4	-2.5
Trend ($ million)
2005-2006
	March	7 534	11 036	5 016	3 848	9 571	18 435	7 581	11 049	5 004	3 830	9 785	18 612
	June	7 849	10 793	5 248	3 664	9 628	18 540	7 696	10 894	5 167	3 640	9 762	18 557
2006-2007
	September	7 898	10 481	5 238	3 527	9 567	18 332	7 566	10 653	5 089	3 496	9 601	18 178
	December	8 007	10 480	5 340	3 380	9 757	18 477	7 631	10 719	5 127	3 348	9 853	18 339
	March	9 079	10 899	5 655	3 229	11 109	19 993	8 353	11 227	5 374	3 196	11 013	19 581
	June	9 457	11 095	5 982	3 151	11 418	20 551	8 683	11 534	5 639	3 128	11 448	20 217
2007-2008
	September	9 686	11 133	6 209	3 221	11 390	20 820	8 797	11 679	5 803	3 202	11 468	20 473
	December	9 906	11 049	6 469	3 357	11 129	20 955	8 873	11 699	5 998	3 333	11 241	20 572
	March	10 135	10 929	6 736	3 487	10 860	21 083	8 986	11 680	6 206	3 453	10 981	20 648
Percentage change from previous quarter - Trend
2006-2007
	December	1.4	0.0	1.9	-4.2	2.0	0.8	0.9	0.6	0.7	-4.3	2.6	0.9
	March	13.4	4.0	5.9	-4.5	13.9	8.2	9.5	4.7	4.8	-4.5	11.8	6.8
	June	4.2	1.8	5.8	-2.4	2.8	2.8	3.9	2.7	4.9	-2.1	3.9	3.2
2007-2008
	September	2.4	0.3	3.8	2.2	-0.2	1.3	1.3	1.3	2.9	2.4	0.2	1.3
	December	2.3	-0.8	4.2	4.2	-2.3	0.6	0.9	0.2	3.4	4.1	-2.0	0.5
	March	2.3	-1.1	4.1	3.9	-2.4	0.6	1.3	-0.2	3.5	3.6	-2.3	0.4
(a) Excludes public sector and all businesses classified to agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting and community services.
(b) Reference year 2005-06.
Source: Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia, cat. no. 5625.0

Expected and actual private new capital expenditure, By selected industry and type of asset(a)
	Estimate 1	Estimate 2	Estimate 3	Estimate 4	Estimate 5	Estimate 6	Estimate 7
Period	Expected expenditure reported 5-6 months before period began	Expected expenditure reported 2-3 months before period began	Expected expenditure reported at beginning of period	Expected expenditure reported 3-4 months into period (includes 3 months actual expenditure	Expected expenditure reported 6-7 months into period (includes 6 months actual expenditure	Expected expenditure reported 9-10 months into period (includes 9 months actual expenditure	12 months actual expenditure
New capital expenditure-Total ($ million)
2006-07	53 299	57 564	63 634	69 814	73 923	78 336	77 552
2007-08	63 568	70 978	79 062	84 205	85 898	87 007	nya
2008-09	79 392	84 835	nya	nya	nya	nya	nya
New capital expenditure by industry-Mining ($ million)
2006-07	15 298	17 100	18 260	20 858	24 073	23 396	22 118
2007-08	26 691	26 970	28 450	29 230	30 001	28 992	nya
2008-09	30 595	33 569	nya	nya	nya	nya	nya
Manufacturing ($ million)
2006-07	11 651	11 293	12 471	13 067	13 071	13 718	13 264
2007-08	9 343	10 218	11 618	12 517	13 170	13 639	nya
2008-09	10 939	11 549	nya	nya	nya	nya	nya
Other Selected Industries ($ million)
2006-07	26 350	29 171	32 903	35 890	36 779	41 221	42 169
2007-08	27 534	33 791	38 995	42 457	42 727	44 376	nya
2008-09	37 858	39 718	nya	nya	nya	nya	nya
New capital expenditure by asset-Buildings and Structures ($ million)
2006-07	22 695	24 648	29 103	32 239	34 513	36 042	34 461
2007-08	33 848	38 112	41 574	43 570	43 197	42 608	nya
2008-09	41 902	46 115	nya	nya	nya	nya	nya
Equipment, Plant and Machinery ($ million)
2006-07	30 603	32 916	34 530	37 575	39 411	42 294	43 090
2007-08	29 720	32 866	37 489	40 634	42 700	44 400	nya
2008-09	37 488	38 720	nya	nya	nya	nya	nya
nya not yet available
(a) Excludes public sector and all businesses classified to agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting and community services.
Source: Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia, cat. no. 5625.0

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