Key economic indicators
Measures of economic performance including national and international accounts, prices, labour force and lending indicators
All data is seasonally adjusted data unless stated otherwise.
Trend series suspended as at March 2019 due to the impacts of COVID-19.
| Indicator | Period | Unit | Value | Change previous period | Change same period last year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross domestic product GDP, Chain volume measures - seasonally adjusted | Sep Qtr 2025 | $m | 687,757 | 0.4% | 2.1% |
| Indicator | Period | Unit | Value | Change previous period | Change same period last year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance on goods - seasonally adjusted | October 2025 | $m | 4,385 | na | na |
| Total goods credits - seasonally adjusted | October 2025 | $m | 45,977 | 3.4% | 11.3% |
| Total goods debits - seasonally adjusted | October 2025 | $m | -41,592 | 2.0% | 13.6% |
| Balance on current account - seasonally adjusted | Sep Qtr 2025 | $m | -16,646 | na | na |
| Net International Investment Position (IIP) - original | Sep Qtr 2025 | $m | 665,156 | 2.9% | 0.9% |
| Net foreign debt - original | Sep Qtr 2025 | $m | 1,434,478 | 1.0% | 11.3% |
| Goods and services credits, Chain volume measures - seasonally adjusted | Sep Qtr 2025 | $m | 170,995 | 1.0% | 3.6% |
| Goods and services debits, Chain volume measures - seasonally adjusted | Sep Qtr 2025 | $m | -160,845 | 1.5% | 4.2% |
| Indicator | Period | Unit | Value | Change previous period | Change same period last year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail turnover, at current prices - seasonally adjusted | June 2025 | $m | 37,906.6 | 1.2% | 4.9% |
| Actual new capital expenditure, in volume terms - seasonally adjusted | Sep Qtr 2025 | $m | 48,999 | 6.4% | 6.9% |
| Inventories held by private businesses, in volume terms - seasonally adjusted | September quarter 2025 | $m | 231,058 | -0.9% | 0.2% |
| Indicator | Period | Unit | Value | Change previous period | Change same period last year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income from sales of goods and services by manufacturers, in volume terms - seasonally adjusted | September quarter 2025 | $m | 110,389 | 0.5% | -0.3% |
| Dwelling unit approvals - seasonally adjusted | October 2025 | no. | 15,832 | -6.4% | -1.8% |
| Building approvals - seasonally adjusted | October 2025 | $m | 16,160.3 | -2.8% | 14.1% |
| Total dwelling units commenced - seasonally adjusted | Jun qtr 2025 | no. | 45,156 | -4.4% | 9.2% |
| Building work done, Chain volume measures - seasonally adjusted | Sep qtr 2025 | $m | 43,261.8 | 4.0% | 6.5% |
| Engineering construction work done, Chain volume measures - seasonally adjusted | Sep qtr 2025 | $m | 36,016.3 | -5.8% | -1.2% |
| Indicator | Period | Unit | Value | Change previous period | Change same period last year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer price index (September 2025 = 100.0) - original | October 2025 | Index no. | 99.99 | 0.0% | 3.8% |
| Producer price indexes, Final demand (2011-12 = 100.0) - original | Sep Qtr 2025 | Index no. | 136.6 | 1.0% | 3.5% |
| Import price index (2011-12 = 100.0) - original | Sept Qtr 2025 | Index no. | 134.2 | -0.4% | 2.3% |
| Export price index (2011-12 = 100.0) - original | Sept Qtr 2025 | Index no. | 152.9 | -0.9% | 0.1% |
| Wage price index (2008-09 = 100.0) - original | Sep Qtr 2025 | Index no. | 158.3 | 1.3% | 3.4% |
| Indicator | Period | Unit | Value | Change previous period | Change same period last year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employed persons - seasonally adjusted | November 2025 | '000 | 14,655.7 | -0.1% | 1.3% |
| Participation rate - seasonally adjusted | November 2025 | % | 66.7 | -0.2 pts | -0.2 pts |
| Unemployment rate - seasonally adjusted | November 2025 | % | 4.3 | 0.0 pts | 0.4 pts |
| Employment to population ratio - seasonally adjusted | November 2025 | % | 63.8 | -0.2 pts | -0.5 pts |
| Job vacancies - seasonally adjusted | August 2025 | '000 | 327.2 | -2.7% | -1.5% |
| Estimated resident population - (preliminary) | Mar qtr 2025 | '000 | 27,536.9 | 0.5% | 1.6% |
| Short-term overseas visitor arrivals - original (b) | September 2025 | '000 | 696.5 | -7.5% | 10.4% |
| Indicator | Period | Unit | Value | Change previous period | Change same period last year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company gross operating profits, at current prices - seasonally adjusted | September quarter 2025 | $m | 125,152 | 0.0% | 1.1% |
| Average weekly ordinary time earnings, full-time adults | May 2025 | $ | 2,010.00 | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Indicator | Period | Unit | Value | Change previous period | Change same period last year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New dwelling loan commitments - seasonally adjusted | Sep Qtr 2025 | $b | 98.0 | 9.6% | 13.2% |
| New dwelling loan commitments to owner occupiers - seasonally adjusted | Sep Qtr 2025 | $b | 58.2 | 4.7% | 9.8% |
| New housing loan commitments to Investors - seasonally adjusted | Sep Qtr 2025 | $b | 39.8 | 17.6% | 18.7% |
| New personal loan commitments for fixed term loans - seasonally adjusted | Sep Qtr 2025 | $b | 9.3 | 2.8% | 12.7% |
| New business loan commitments for construction - seasonally adjusted | Sep Qtr 2025 | $b | 12.0 | -5.2% | 22.1% |
| New business loan commitments for the purchase of property - seasonally adjusted | Sep Qtr 2025 | $b | 24.6 | 7.1% | 21.9% |
NA - not available
NP - not published
. . not applicable or not available
(a) Annualised estimate from the latest available quarterly publication.
(b) Trend series estimates suspended as at February 2020 due to the impacts of COVID-19. Original series now provided.