MAIN FEATURES INCOME AT CURRENT PRICES
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| | Trend | | Seasonally adjusted | |
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| | % 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| . . 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
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
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