MAIN FEATURES EXPENDITURE CHAIN VOLUME MEASURES
| | | Trend | Seasonally adjusted |
| | | % change
Mar 14 to Jun 14 | % change
Jun 13 to Jun 14 | % points contributions to growth in GDP
Mar 14 to Jun 14 | % change
Mar 14 to Jun 14 | % change
Jun 13 to Jun 14 | % points contributions to growth in GDP
Mar 14 to Jun 14 |
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Final consumption expenditure | | | | | | |
| General government | 0.3 | 1.4 | - | 0.3 | 1.4 | - |
| Households | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0.3 |
Gross fixed capital formation | | | | | | |
| Private | | | | | | |
| | Dwellings | 3.2 | 9.5 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 8.6 | 0.1 |
| | Ownership transfer costs | 2.0 | 10.7 | - | -0.8 | 7.3 | - |
| | Non-dwelling construction | 0.5 | -8.2 | - | 2.5 | -14.2 | 0.2 |
| | Machinery and equipment | -1.7 | -12.1 | -0.1 | -3.4 | -13.7 | -0.2 |
| | Cultivated biological resources | 1.5 | 13.7 | - | 2.2 | 13.3 | - |
| | Intellectual property products | 2.3 | 4.8 | 0.1 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 0.1 |
| Public | 0.1 | 4.1 | - | -3.9 | 38.7 | -0.2 |
Changes in inventories | - | - | 0.2 | na | na | 0.9 |
Gross national expenditure | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
Exports of goods and services | 1.3 | 7.0 | 0.3 | -0.8 | 5.4 | -0.2 |
Imports of goods and services | 1.0 | -1.0 | -0.2 | 3.7 | -1.1 | -0.7 |
Statistical discrepancy (E) | na | na | -0.1 | na | na | 0.1 |
Gross domestic product | 0.7 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 0.5 |
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- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
na not available |
JUNE QUARTER
Summary Comments
Final Consumption Expenditure
- Household final consumption expenditure increased 0.5% in seasonally adjusted terms. The main contributor to growth in Household final consumption expenditure was Rent and other Dwelling services (0.1 percentage points). Government final consumption expenditure increased 0.3% in seasonally adjusted terms.
Gross fixed capital formation
- Gross fixed capital formation increased 0.3% in seasonally adjusted terms. Private gross fixed capital formation increased by 1.1% driven by increases in Total non-dwelling construction (2.5%) and Total dwellings (2.3%). These increases were offset by a decrease in Total machinery and equipment of 3.4%.
Changes in inventories
- Total inventories increased $1 072m in seasonally adjusted terms compared with a decrease of $2 622m last quarter. The Change in inventories contributed 0.9 percentage points to GDP growth during the quarter.
Exports and imports of goods and services
- Exports of goods and services decreased 0.8% in seasonally adjusted terms. Seasonally adjusted Exports of goods fell 1.1%, with Rural exports down 8.9% and Non-rural exports up 1.1%.
- Imports of goods and services increased 3.7% in seasonally adjusted terms. Seasonally adjusted Imports of goods increased 3.7%, Capital goods up 10.5%, Intermediate goods up 2.3% and Consumption goods up 0.6%.