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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)
2005-06		60 462	55 368	74 372	2 816	11 832	15 972	220 823	-386	836
2006-07		61 925	61 680	76 612	1 995	13 881	15 831	231 923	1 291	-81
2007-08		62 875	69 019	86 474	2 195	16 173	15 902	252 638	4 543	-287
PERCENTAGE CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS YEAR
2005-06		-4.3	20.9	14.6	1.6	6.9	2.3	8.7	na	na
2006-07		2.4	11.4	3.0	-29.2	17.3	-0.9	5.0	na	na
2007-08		1.5	11.9	12.9	10.0	16.5	0.4	8.9	na	na
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ($ MILLION)
2005-2006
	June	15 276	14 200	18 491	704	3 080	4 262	56 099	-1 412	258
2006-2007
	September	15 110	14 207	18 508	499	3 240	3 807	55 371	-870	21
	December	15 654	14 691	18 189	499	3 334	3 699	56 065	202	111
	March	15 726	16 453	19 420	499	3 502	3 951	59 550	1 767	-134
	June	15 435	16 329	20 496	499	3 806	4 373	60 937	409	-10
2007-2008
	September	15 627	17 222	20 466	549	3 860	4 158	61 881	1 575	-222
	December	15 658	16 851	21 251	549	3 966	4 081	62 356	1 127	81
	March	15 757	17 720	21 184	549	4 126	3 919	63 254	1 629	8
	June	15 833	17 227	23 574	549	4 220	3 744	65 148	306	-99
PERCENTAGE CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS QUARTER
2006-2007
	March	0.5	12.0	6.8	0.0	5.0	6.8	6.2	na	na
	June	-1.9	-0.8	5.5	0.0	8.7	10.7	2.3	na	na
2007-2008
	September	1.2	5.5	-0.1	10.0	1.4	-4.9	1.5	na	na
	December	0.2	-2.2	3.8	0.0	2.8	-1.9	0.8	na	na
	March	0.6	5.2	-0.3	0.0	4.0	-4.0	1.4	na	na
	June	0.5	-2.8	11.3	0.0	2.3	-4.5	3.0	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)
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
2007-08		40 449	45 955	27 347	13 390	45 666	86 404	35 985	48 840	25 187	13 266	46 372	84 825
Percentage change from previous year
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
2007-08		17.4	6.6	23.6	0.9	8.3	11.4	11.4	10.4	19.5	0.9	9.6	10.8
Seasonally adjusted ($ million)
2005-2006
	June	8 274	10 387	5 465	3 625	9 571	18 661	8 110	10 552	5 375	3 628	9 657	18 642
2006-2007
	September	7 742	10 519	4 906	3 529	9 826	18 261	7 423	10 678	4 757	3 490	9 767	18 014
	December	7 737	10 421	5 350	3 420	9 386	18 156	7 289	10 614	5 140	3 381	9 400	17 921
	March	9 128	11 001	5 771	3 230	11 128	20 129	8 502	11 369	5 484	3 191	11 041	19 717
	June	9 904	11 127	6 032	3 088	11 911	21 031	9 093	11 583	5 698	3 088	12 112	20 898
2007-2008
	September	9 178	10 977	6 057	3 204	10 893	20 154	8 330	11 493	5 640	3 157	10 903	19 701
	December	10 121	11 284	6 495	3 413	11 497	21 405	9 144	12 003	6 053	3 412	11 695	21 160
	March	10 473	11 379	7 053	3 472	11 326	21 851	9 281	12 176	6 484	3 416	11 465	21 366
	June	10 627	12 211	7 661	3 308	11 868	22 837	9 233	13 153	7 010	3 282	12 296	22 587
Percentage change from previous quarter - Seasonally adjusted
2006-2007
	March	18.0	5.6	7.9	-5.6	18.6	10.9	16.7	7.1	6.7	-5.6	17.5	10.0
	June	8.5	1.1	4.5	-4.4	7.0	4.5	6.9	1.9	3.9	-3.2	9.7	6.0
2007-2008
	September	-7.3	-1.3	0.4	3.8	-8.5	-4.2	-8.4	-0.8	-1.0	2.2	-10.0	-5.7
	December	10.3	2.8	7.2	6.5	5.5	6.2	9.8	4.4	7.3	8.1	7.3	7.4
	March	3.5	0.8	8.6	1.7	-1.5	2.1	1.5	1.4	7.1	0.1	-2.0	1.0
	June	1.5	7.3	8.6	-4.7	4.8	4.5	-0.5	8.0	8.1	-3.9	7.2	5.7
Trend ($ million)
2005-2006
	June	7 843	10 770	5 236	3 666	9 608	18 510	7 691	10 869	5 157	3 645	9 742	18 531
2006-2007
	September	7 901	10 482	5 240	3 529	9 568	18 337	7 564	10 653	5 090	3 498	9 576	18 154
	December	8 008	10 509	5 357	3 376	9 774	18 507	7 631	10 749	5 142	3 342	9 844	18 339
	March	9 084	10 907	5 666	3 226	11 114	20 006	8 356	11 238	5 385	3 194	11 016	19 593
	June	9 443	11 034	5 956	3 154	11 366	20 476	8 679	11 480	5 616	3 132	11 433	20 182
2007-2008
	September	9 698	11 087	6 167	3 230	11 388	20 785	8 842	11 646	5 768	3 208	11 502	20 479
	December	9 981	11 240	6 541	3 352	11 330	21 223	8 971	11 923	6 067	3 324	11 470	20 862
	March	10 358	11 572	7 046	3 409	11 475	21 930	9 176	12 386	6 489	3 376	11 700	21 565
	June	10 736	11 998	7 572	3 402	11 736	22 710	9 362	12 935	6 949	3 367	12 133	22 452
Percentage change from previous quarter - Trend
2006-2007
	March	13.4	3.8	5.8	-4.4	13.7	8.1	9.5	4.5	4.7	-4.5	11.9	6.8
	June	4.0	1.2	5.1	-2.2	2.3	2.3	3.9	2.1	4.3	-1.9	3.8	3.0
2007-2008
	September	2.7	0.5	3.5	2.4	0.2	1.5	1.9	1.4	2.7	2.4	0.6	1.5
	December	2.9	1.4	6.1	3.8	-0.5	2.1	1.5	2.4	5.2	3.6	-0.3	1.9
	March	3.8	3.0	7.7	1.7	1.3	3.3	2.3	3.9	7.0	1.6	2.0	3.4
	June	3.6	3.7	7.5	-0.2	2.3	3.6	2.0	4.4	7.1	-0.3	3.7	4.1
(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	87 797	86 404
2008-09	79 392	87 088	99 758	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	29 177	27 347
2008-09	30 595	34 177	39 935	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	13 581	13 390
2008-09	10 939	11 397	13 819	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	45 039	45 666
2008-09	37 858	41 514	46 004	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	42 434	40 449
2008-09	41 902	46 778	53 822	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	45 363	45 955
2008-09	37 488	40 310	45 936	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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