NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE	Release Date
March 2012	29 February 2012
April 2012	30 March 2012
May 2012	30 April 2012
June 2012	31 May 2012
July 2012	29 June 2012

IN THIS ISSUE

Where available, the statistics in this issue are presented as time series for the last three years of annual data, the last nine quarters or 15 months of data. To assist analysis most tables include percentage movements, as well as levels, of series.

Quarterly and monthly data for most series, and annual data for a limited number of series, are available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics for earlier periods than that shown in this publication. Many series can be obtained on electronic media. Inquiries should be directed to the National Information Service on 1300 135 070 or <client.services@abs.gov.au>.


CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

Table 8.7 - The S&P/ASX 200 Banks, S&P/ASX 200 Industrials and S&P/ASX 200 Resources series have been rebased to 5 July 2002 = 3215, the first date that all of these indices are published from. The base value is the value of the S&P/ASX 200 on that day and corrects an inconsistency in the bases that were previously used.


SYMBOLS AND OTHER USAGES

See the Abbreviations section following the Explanatory Notes.


INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070, email client.services@abs.gov.au or Ms Jo Jackson on Canberra (02) 6252 6114, email <economic.indicators@ abs.gov.au>.