MAIN FEATURES INCOME AT CURRENT PRICES
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| | Trend | Seasonally adjusted | |
| |
|
| |
| | % change
Sep 06
to Dec 06 | % change
Dec 05
to Dec 06 | % points contribution
to growth in GDP
Sep 06 to Dec 06 | % change
Sep 06
to Dec 06 | % change
Dec 05
to Dec 06 | % points contribution
to growth in GDP
Sep 06 to Dec 06 | |
| |
| Compensation of employees | 1.9 | 7.3 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 7.4 | 1.1 | |
| Gross operating surplus | | | | | | | |
| Private | 3.2 | 10.5 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 10.7 | 0.7 | |
| Other | 1.4 | 8.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 8.4 | 0.2 | |
| Gross mixed income | -2.2 | -4.5 | -0.2 | -2.5 | -4.9 | -0.2 | |
| Taxes less subsidies on production and imports | 1.2 | 5.9 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 7.0 | 0.2 | |
| Statistical discrepancy (I) | . . | . . | 0.2 | . . | . . | - | |
| Gross domestic product | 1.9 | 7.4 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 7.1 | 1.8 | |
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| . . not applicable |
| - nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
DECEMBER QUARTER
Summary Comments
Compensation of employees (COE)
- The trend increase of 1.9% reflected a rise of 1.1% in average earnings and a 0.8% rise in the number of wage & salary earners. Seasonally adjusted, COE grew by 2.2%. Average earnings increased by 1.7%, while the number of wage & salary earners increased by 0.5%. COE represented 53.8% of total factor income. Discussion of related labour market indictors can be found in the 'Analysis and comments'.
Wages (a) share of total factor income
Gross operating surplus (GOS)
- Trend GOS of corporations increased by 2.8% (2.9% seasonally adjusted). This increase in seasonally adjusted terms was weaker than the 4.0% growth in the previous quarter. GOS of corporations remained at historically high levels, representing 27.7% of total factor income.
Profit (a) share of total factor income
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