5206.0 - Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, Mar 2007  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 06/06/2007   
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MAIN FEATURES INCOME AT CURRENT PRICES


Trend
Seasonally adjusted


% change Dec 06 to Mar 07
% change Mar 06 to Mar 07
% points contribution to growth in GDP Dec 06 to Mar 07
% change Dec 06 to Mar 07
% change Mar 06 to Mar 07
% points contribution to growth in GDP Dec 06 to Mar 07

Compensation of employees
2.0
7.9
0.9
2.0
8.2
1.0
Gross operating surplus
Private
np
np
np
10.1
21.4
1.9
Other
np
np
np
-4.2
1.0
-0.6
Gross mixed income
0.2
-1.5
-
2.7
-0.1
0.2
Taxes less subsidies on production and imports
2.0
8.0
0.2
2.0
7.8
0.2
Statistical discrepancy (I)
. .
. .
-0.2
. .
. .
-0.4
Gross domestic product
2.1
8.4
2.1
2.3
8.8
2.3

. . not applicable
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated



MARCH QUARTER

Summary Comments

Compensation of employees (COE)

  • The trend increase of 2.0% reflected a rise of 1.2% in average earnings and a 0.8% rise in the number of wage & salary earners. Seasonally adjusted, COE grew by 2.0%. Average earnings increased by 1.1%, while the number of wage & salary earners was up 0.9%. Seasonally adjusted, COE represented 53.2% of total factor income.
Wages (a) share of total factor income
Graph: Wages share of total factor income



Gross operating surplus (GOS)
  • Trend GOS of corporations increased by 3.6% (4.4% seasonally adjusted). This increase in seasonally adjusted terms was the strongest quarterly growth since June quarter 2005. Seasonally adjusted, GOS of corporations remained at historically high levels, representing 28.1% of total factor income.
Profit (a) share of total factor income
Graph: Profit share of total factor income