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SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

			Jun Qtr 2010	Sep Qtr 2010	Jun Qtr 2010 to Sep Qtr 2010
			$m	$m	% change
BALANCE ON CURRENT ACCOUNT
	Trend estimates		-7 663	-6 739	12
	Seasonally adjusted		-5 413	-7 830	-45
BALANCE ON GOODS AND SERVICES
	Trend estimates		5 371	6 309	17
	Seasonally adjusted		6 570	5 773	-12
NET PRIMARY INCOME
	Trend estimates		-12 584	-12 586	-
	Seasonally adjusted		-11 503	-13 166	-14
LEVELS AT END OF PERIOD
	International Investment Position		767 093	771 312	1
		Net foreign equity	92 788	105 321	14
		Net foreign debt	674 305	665 992	-1
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Current Account, Main aggregates - Trend estimates at current prices (a)

International Investment

• The current account deficit, seasonally adjusted, rose $2,417m (45%) to $7,830m in the September quarter 2010. The surplus on the balance of goods and services fell $797m (12%) to $5,773m. The primary income deficit rose $1,663m (14%) to $13,166m.
• In seasonally adjusted chain volume terms, there was a turnaround on net goods and services of $1,457m from a surplus of $1,389m in the June quarter 2010 to a deficit of $68m in the September quarter 2010. This is expected to detract 0.4 percentage points from growth in the September quarter 2010 volume measure of GDP.

• Australia's net IIP rose $4.2b to a net liability position of $771.3b in the September quarter 2010. Australia's net foreign debt liability decreased $8.3b to a liability position of $666.0b. Australia's net foreign equity liability increased $12.5b to a liability position of $105.3b.

• Seasonally adjusted and trend estimates
• Chain volume estimates, implicit price deflators and term of trade indexes
• Selected international accounts ratios - table 35
• In addition the format of the Analysis and Comments section has been revised to better present information clients have expressed an interest in. A mock-up of the new format was released on the ABS website on 14 September 2010.