Sources and methods - Quarterly
Latest release
Australian System of National Accounts: Concepts, Sources and Methods
Reference period
2020-21 financial year
Released
9/07/2021
14.112 Quarterly estimates for the acquisitions less disposals of non-produced non-financial assets are published at the national level and in the external account in the ABS publication, Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product. The sectoral dimension is published in the ABS publication, Australian National Accounts: Finance and Wealth.
14.113 The table below outlines the data sources and methods used in the estimation of quarterly acquisitions less disposals of non-produced non-financial assets by sector in current prices only. Volume estimates are not calculated for acquisitions less disposals of non-produced non-financial assets.
| Item | Commnet |
|---|---|
| Non-residents | |
| An estimate of acquisitions less disposals of non-produced non-financial assets by non-residents is sourced directly from Balance of Payments statistics. The data included is for leases and the radio spectrum only. | |
| Public sector | |
| Quarterly estimates of public sector acquisitions less disposals of non-produced non-financial assets are sourced from Government Finance Statistics. Data are derived from administrative sources such as the Commonwealth Department of Finance State government treasuries, , quarterly surveys of local government authorities, public non-financial corporations, and public universities. | |
| Households | |
| Household acquisitions less disposals of non-produced non-financial assets are derived by identifying known transactions between the general government sector and household sector using data from Government Finance Statistics. | |
| Private non-financial corporations | |
| Quarterly estimates of private non-financial corporations acquisitions less disposals of non-produced non-financial assets are derived residually, as the difference between the total acquisitions less disposals of non-produced non-financial assets for non-residents, general government, public non-financial corporations and households. | |
| Private financial corporations | |
| Not compiled due to the lack of data available. | |