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SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

			Jun Qtr 2015	Sep Qtr 2015	Jun Qtr 2015 to Sep Qtr 2015
			$m	$m	% change
BALANCE ON CURRENT ACCOUNT
	Trend estimates		-17 464	-19 699	-13
	Seasonally adjusted		-20 506	-18 104	12
BALANCE ON GOODS AND SERVICES
	Trend estimates		-7 878	-9 464	-20
	Seasonally adjusted		-10 946	-7 438	32
NET PRIMARY INCOME
	Trend estimates		-8 976	-9 629	-7
	Seasonally adjusted		-8 948	-10 054	-12
LEVELS AT END OF PERIOD
	International Investment Position		904 621	922 771	2
		Net foreign equity	-63 623	-70 989	-12
		Net foreign debt	968 244	993 760	3

Current Account Balance (a), Main aggregates

International Investment

• The current account deficit, seasonally adjusted, decreased $2,402m (12%) to $18,104m in the September quarter 2015. The deficit on the balance of goods and services decreased $3,508m (32%) to $7,438m. The primary income deficit increased $1,106m (12%) to $10,054m.
• In seasonally adjusted chain volume terms, the surplus on goods and services increased $6,109m from $2,178m in the June quarter 2015 to $8,287m in the September quarter 2015. This is expected to contribute 1.5 percentage points to growth in the September quarter 2015 volume measure of GDP.

• Australia's net International Investment Position was a liability of $922.8b at 30 September 2015, an increase of $18.2b (2%) on the 30 June 2015 position of $904.6b. Australia's net foreign debt liabilities increased $25.5b (3%) to a net liability position of $993.8b. Australia's net foreign equity assets increased $7.4b (12%) to a net asset position of $71.0b at 30 September 2015.