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| National Accounts | | | | | | |
| Gross domestic product GDP, Chain volume measures - Trend | | Dec 2011 | $m | 337917 | 0.8% | 2.8% |
| Gross domestic product GDP, Chain volume measures - Annual | | 2010-11 | $m | 1318960 | 2.0% | na |
International Accounts (a) | | | | | | |
| Balance on Goods and Services - Trend | | Mar 2012 | $m | –1 239 | . . | . . |
| Total Goods and Services Credits - Trend | | Mar 2012 | $m | 24 492 | -1.9% | -2.4% |
| Total Goods and Services Debits - Trend | | Mar 2012 | $m | 25 732 | -0.1% | 9.2% |
| Balance on Current Account - Trend (b) | | Dec Qtr 2011 | $m | –6 883 | 1.9% | |
| Net International Investment Position (IIP) - Original | | Dec Qtr 2011 | $m | 854 652 | 0.2% | |
| Net Debt - Original | | Dec Qtr 2011 | $m | 735 385 | -0.8% | |
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Consumption and investment | | | | | | |
| Retail turnover at current prices - Trend(c) | | Mar 2012 | $m | 21117.7 | 0.3% | 2.9% |
| Actual New Capital Expenditure in volume terms - Trend | | Dec 2011 | $m | 38737 | 5.9% | 32.3 |
| Inventories held by Private Businesses, in volume terms - Trend | | Dec Qtr 2011 | $m | 145 844 | 0.6% | 2.2 |
| Total new motor vehicle sales - Trend | | April 2012 | no. | 88 859 | 0.8% | 8.9% |
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Production | | | | | | |
| Income from sales of goods and services by Manufacturers in volume terms - Trend | | Dec Qtr 2011 | $m | 90 192 | 0.7% | 1.6v |
| Dwelling unit approvals - Trend | | Mar 2012 | no. | 11 298 | 0.3% | -14.1% |
| Building approvals -Trend | | Mar 2012 | $m | 5 424.6 | -0.1% | -13.2% |
| Total dwelling units commenced - trend | | Dec Qtr 2011 | no. | 34 122 | -5.8% | -14.0% |
| Building work done - Chain Volume Measures - Trend | | Dec Qtr 2011 | $m | 19038.1 | -1.5% | -8.0% |
| Engineering construction work done - Chain Volume Measures - trend | | Dec Qtr 2011 | $m | 27199.7 | 5.2% | 33.6% |
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Prices | | | | | | |
| Consumer price index (1989-90 = 100.0) - Original | | Mar qtr 2012 | Index no. | 179.5 | 0.1% | 1.6% |
| Producer price index, Final commodities (1998-99 = 100.0) - Original | | Mar qtr 2012 | Index no. | 140.7 | -0.3% | 1.4% |
| Import price index (1989-90 = 100.0) - Original | | Mar qtr 2012 | Index no. | 118.6 | –1.2% | 2.1% |
| Export price index (1989-90 = 100.0) - Original | | Mar qtr 2012 | Index no. | 187.7 | –7.0% | 1.0% |
| Labour Price Index (2008-2009 = 100.0) - Original | | Mar qtr 2012 | index no. | 111.4 | 0.8% | 3.5% |
Labour Force and Demography | | | | | | |
| Employed persons - Trend | | Apr 2012 | '000 | 11 484.2 | 0.1% | 0.4% |
| Participation rate - Trend | | Apr 2012 | % | 65.2 | 0.0 pts | -0.4 pts |
| Unemployment rate - Trend | | Apr 2012 | % | 5.1 | 0.0 pts | 0.1 pts |
| Employment to Population ratio - Trend | | Apr 2012 | % | 61.9 | 0.0 pts | -0.4% |
| Job Vacancies - Seasonally adjusted | | Feb 2012 | '000 | 182.2 | -0.3% | -3.9% |
| Estimated resident population - (Preliminary) | | Sep qtr 2011 | '000 | 22,696.0 | 0.34% | 1.43% |
| Short-term overseas visitor arrivals - Trend | | Mar 2012 | '000 | 504.8 | 0.3% | 4.3% |
| For unemployment and participation rates, the changes are given as percentage points. |
Incomes | | | | | | |
| Company gross operating profits (in current price terms) - Trend | | Dec qtr 2011 | $m | 68 579 | -0.1% | 5.3% |
| Average weekly earnings, full-time adults: ordinary time - Trend | | February 2012 | $ | 1 345.20 | 0.9 | 4.2 |
| Company Profits before Income Tax (5676.0) has been omitted from this table since the December Quarter 2006 as it is not directly used in compiling National Accounts estimates. |
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Housing Finance | | | | | | |
| Housing finance for owner occupation, dwellings financed - Trend | | Mar 2012 | no. | 46715 | -0.4% | 8.8% |
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