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Features | Period | Units | Value | % Change
Previous
Period | % Change
Corresponding
Period Last
Year |
| National Accounts | | | | | | |
| Gross domestic product GDP, Chain volume measures - Trend | | Sep 2011 | $m | 334792 | 0.8 | 2.1 |
| Gross domestic product GDP, Chain volume measures - Annual | | 2010-11 | $m | 1318554 | 1.9 | na |
International Accounts (a) | | | | | | |
| Balance on Goods and Services - Trend | | Dec/11 | $m | 1 602 | . . | . . |
| Total Goods and Services Credits - Trend | | Dec/11 | $m | 27 596 | 0.4 | 13.4 |
| Total Goods and Services Debits - Trend | | Dec/11 | $m | 25 994 | 0.7 | 15.8 |
| Balance on Current Account - Trend (b) | | Sep Qtr 2011 | $m | –6 061 | 12.5 | |
| Net International Investment Position (IIP) - Original | | Sep Qtr 2011 | $m | 848 283 | 6.3 | |
| Net Debt - Original | | Sep Qtr 2011 | $m | 740 504 | 7.9 | |
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Consumption and investment | | | | | | |
| Retail turnover at current prices - Trend(c) | | December 2011 | $m | 20955.2 | 0.2% | 3.0% |
| Actual New Capital Expenditure in volume terms - Trend | | September 2011 | $m | 36513 | 8.2 | 30.4 |
| Inventories held by Private Businesses, in volume terms - Trend | | September quarter 2011 | millions | 144 310 | 0.2 | 1.1 |
| Total new motor vehicle sales - Trend | | December 2011 | no. | 86 947 | -0.3 | 2.8 |
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Production | | | | | | |
| Income from sales of goods and services by Manufacturers in volume terms - Trend | | September quarter 2011 | millions | 89 381 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Dwelling unit approvals - Trend | | Mthly Dec 2011 | no. | 11189 | -1.8 | -19.3 |
| Building approvals -Trend | | Mthly Dec 2011 | $m | 5390.2 | -1.8 | -16.3 |
| Total dwelling units commenced - trend | | Sep Qtr 2011 | no. | 36 688 | -3.3 | -9.3 |
| Building work done - Chain Volume Measures - Trend | | Sep Qtr 2011 | $m | 19201.9 | -1.5 | -10.5 |
| Engineering construction work done - Chain Volume Measures - trend | | Sep Qtr 2011 | $m | 26399.6 | 8.9 | 35.9 |
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Prices | | | | | | |
| Consumer price index (1989-90 = 100.0) - Original | | Dec qtr 2011 | Index no. | 179.4 | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| Producer price index, Final commodities (1998-99 = 100.0) - Original | | December quarter 2011 | Index no. | 141.1 | +0.3 | +2.9 |
| Import price index (1989-90 = 100.0) - Original | | Dec qtr 2011 | Index no. | 120.0 | +2.5% | +4.7% |
| Export price index (1989-90 = 100.0) - Original | | Dec qtr 2011 | Index no. | 201.9 | –1.5% | +14.3% |
| Labour Price Index (2008-2009 = 100.0) - Original | | Sep qtr 2011 | index no. | 109.5 | 1.2 | 3.6 |
Labour Force and Demography | | | | | | |
| Employed persons - Trend | | Mthly December 2011 | ('000) | 11 440.1 | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| Participation rate - Trend | | Mthly December 2011 | % | 65.4 | -0.1 pts | -0.5 pts |
| Unemployment rate - Trend | | Mthly December 2011 | % | 5.3 | 0.0 pts | 0.2 pts |
| Job Vacancies - Seasonally adjusted | | November 2011 | '000 | 182.2 | -0.8 | -3.2 |
| Estimated resident population - (Preliminary) | | Q2/11 | '000 | 22,620.6 | 0.33 | 1.44 |
| Short-term overseas visitor arrivals - Trend | | Mthly December 2011 | '000 | 505.0 | 0.3 | 1.4 |
| For unemployment and participation rates, the changes are given as percentage points. |
Incomes | | | | | | |
| Company gross operating profits (in current price terms) - Trend | | September quarter 2011 | millions | 70 600 | 3.7 | 7.0 |
| Average weekly earnings, full-time adults: ordinary time - Trend | | August 2011 | $ | 1 322.60 | 1.2 | 4.9 |
| Company Profits before Income Tax (5676.0) has been omitted from this table since the December Quarter 2006 as it is not directly used in compiling National Accounts estimates. |
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Housing Finance | | | | | | |
| Housing finance for owner occupation, dwellings financed - Trend | | Nov 11 | no. | 46676 | 0.6 | 5.0 |
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