5206.0 - Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, Mar 2015 Quality Declaration 
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MAIN FEATURES INCOME AT CURRENT PRICES

Trend
Seasonally adjusted
% change
Dec 14
to Mar 15
% change Mar 14 to Mar 15
% points contributions to growth in GDP Dec 14 to Mar 15
% change
Dec 14
to Mar 15
% change Mar 14 to Mar 15
% points contributions to growth in GDP Dec 14 to Mar 15

Compensation of employees
0.2
1.8
0.1
0.1
1.7
-
Gross operating surplus
Private non-financial corporations
0.1
-4.1
-
0.8
-4.4
0.1
Other(a)
1.4
6.2
0.2
0.7
5.6
0.1
Gross mixed income
0.5
1.8
-
2.0
3.4
0.2
Taxes less subsidies on production and imports
0.5
1.3
0.1
1.9
2.3
0.2
Statistical discrepancy (I)
na
na
-
na
na
-0.2
Gross domestic product
0.4
1.3
0.4
0.4
1.2
0.4

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
na not available
(a) Includes Public non-financial corporations, Financial corporations, General government and Dwellings owned by persons.



MARCH QUARTER

Summary Comments

Compensation of employees (COE)
  • Trend total COE rose 0.2%, reflecting a fall of 0.2% in average earnings per employee. Seasonally adjusted COE increased 0.1%, reflecting a fall of 0.5% in average earnings per employee. Trend COE represented 53.0% of Total Factor income.
COE SHARE OF TOTAL FACTOR INCOME: Trend
Graph: COE SHARE OF TOTAL FACTOR INCOME: Trend


Gross operating surplus (GOS)
  • Trend GOS for Total corporations increased 0.4%, while in seasonally adjusted terms, it increased 0.6%. Financial corporations was the main contributor to the increase in GOS, recording an increase of 1.3%, while Private non-financial corporations increased by 0.1%. Trend GOS for Total corporations represented 26.4% of Total factor income.
Profit (a) Share of Total Factor Income: Trend
Graph: Profit (a) Share of Total Factor Income: Trend