REAL SECTOR
FISCAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SECTOR
EXTERNAL SECTOR
POPULATION

REAL SECTOR

SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Reference Period for latest data	Latest data	Data for previous reference period	% change from previous reference period	Further information
National Accounts
Expenditure on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Current Prices, Seasonally adjusted
Gross domestic product	$m	Q3/13	388 898	386 665	0.6	5206.0
Final Consumption Expenditure	$m	Q3/13	284 892	281 850	1.1	5206.0
- General Government	$m	Q3/13	69 398	68 736	1.0	5206.0
- Households	$m	Q3/13	215 494	213 114	1.1	5206.0
Gross Fixed Capital Formation	$m	Q3/13	108 149	107 611	0.5	5206.0
- Private	$m	Q3/13	90 045	94 699	-4.9	5206.0
- Public	$m	Q3/13	18 104	12 912	40.2	5206.0
Exports of Goods and Services	$m	Q3/13	80 478	77 941	3.3	5206.0
Imports of Goods and Services	$m	Q3/13	83 052	80 604	3.0	5206.0
Changes in Inventories	$m	Q3/13	-899	218	na	5206.0
Statistical Discrepancy	$m	Q3/13	-671	-351	na	5206.0
Expenditure on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Chain Volume Measures, Seasonally adjusted
Gross domestic product	$m	Q3/13	387 031	384 873	0.6	5206.0
Final Consumption Expenditure	$m	Q3/13	274 412	272 838	0.6	5206.0
- General Government	$m	Q3/13	68 086	67 330	1.1	5206.0
- Households	$m	Q3/13	206 326	205 507	0.4	5206.0
Gross Fixed Capital Formation	$m	Q3/13	106 024	106 219	-0.2	5206.0
- Private	$m	Q3/13	87 964	93 287	-5.7	5206.0
- Public	$m	Q3/13	18 059	12 933	39.6	5206.0
Exports of Goods and Services	$m	Q3/13	86 150	85 916	0.3	5206.0
Imports of Goods and Services	$m	Q3/13	77 664	80 297	-3.3	5206.0
Changes in Inventories	$m	Q3/13	-1223	547	na	5206.0
Statistical Discrepancy	$m	Q3/13	-667	-349	na	5206.0
Production Index
Industrial Production Index, Total Industries (1)	(2009-2010 = 100.0), Seasonally adjusted	Q3/13	106.7	105.5	1.1	5206.0
Labour Market
Employed Persons	'000, Trend	Dec 2013	11 636.6	11 637.2	0.0%	6202.0
Unemployed Persons	'000, Trend	Dec 2013	716.0	714.5	0.2%	6202.0
Average weekly ordinary time earnings, full-time adults (2)	$, Trend	Q2/13	1422.70	1392.10	2.2%	6302.0
Wage Price Index, total hourly rates of pay, excluding bonuses	(2008-2009 = 100.0), Original	Q3/13	116.6	115.5	1.0%	6345.0
Price Indexes (1)
Consumer price index	(2011–12 = 100.0)	Q4/13	104.8	104.0	0.8	6401.0
Producer Price Indexes: Final demand	(2011–12 = 100.0)	Q2/16	106.0	105.9	+0.1%	6427.0

Note change of index name: From September quarter 2012 the Labour Price Index will be re-titled the Wage Price Index.
For more information please refer to Wage Price Index, Changes in This Issue for the September quarter 2012

FISCAL SECTOR

SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Reference Period for latest data	Latest data	Data for previous reference period	% change from previous reference period	Further information
General Government Operations (3)
Revenue (4)	$m	Q3/13	118 663	142 396	–16.7	5519.0.55.001
Expenses (5)	$m	Q3/13	140 569	138 372	1.6	5519.0.55.001
Net operating balance	$m	Q3/13	–21 906	4 024	na	5519.0.55.001
Net acquisition of non-financial assets (6)	$m	Q3/13	2 619	2 418	na	5519.0.55.001
Net lending/borrowing (GFS basis)	$m	Q3/13	–24 524	1 606	na	5519.0.55.001
Financial assets	$m	Q3/13	1 495	-2 049	n.a	5232.0
Domestic	$m	Q3/13	3 681	2 438	n.a	5232.0
Central bank and other depository corporations	$m	Q3/13	3 322	8 518	n.a	5232.0
Financial corps nec	$m	Q3/13	-3 480	-634	n.a	5232.0
Non-financial corps	$m	Q3/13	9 839	-2 042	n.a	5232.0
Households and NPISH	$m	Q3/13	26	-685	n.a	5232.0
Foreign	$m	Q3/13	-2 186	-4 487	n.a	5232.0
Liabilities	$m	Q3/13	17 675	-1 068	n.a	5232.0
Domestic	$m	Q3/13	5 915	1 718	n.a	5232.0
Central bank and other depository corporations	$m	Q3/13	3 930	-5 492	n.a	5232.0
Financial corps nec	$m	Q3/13	5 712	6 384	n.a	5232.0
Non-financial corps	$m	Q3/13	1 117	-4 459	n.a	5232.0
Households and NPISH	$m	Q3/13	-5 462	6 498	n.a	5232.0
Foreign	$m	Q3/13	11 760	-2 786	n.a	5232.0
Net errors and omissions (7)	$m	Q3/13	-8 333	2 574	n.a	5232.0
Central government operations (Commonwealth Government Operations) (8) (9)
Revenue	$m	Nov/13	27 710	41 610		DOFD
Expense	$m	Nov/13	30 826	34 833		DOFD
Net Operating Balance	$m	Nov/13	-3 116	6 777		DOFD
Net Acquisition of non-financial assets	$m	Nov/13	469	236		DOFD
Net Lending /(Borrowing)	$m	Nov/13	-3 585	6 541		DOFD
Other Economic Flows	$m	Nov/13	3 187	3 182		DOFD
Change in Net Worth	$m	Nov/13	36	10 131		DOFD
Financing of the Change in Net Worth	$m
Cash and Deposits	$m	Nov/13	79	-481		DOFD
Advances paid	$m	Nov/13	420	146		DOFD
Investments, loans and placements	$m	Nov/13	9 489	12 782		DOFD
Other receivables	$m	Nov/13	1 319	1 808		DOFD
Investments in other public sector entities	$m	Nov/13	3	7		DOFD
Equity accounted investments	$m	Nov/13	0	-1		DOFD
Investments - shares	$m	Nov/13	1 088	974		DOFD
Net Change in financial assets	$m	Nov/13	12 399	15 235		DOFD
Net Change in Non-financial Assets	$m	Nov/13	269	187		DOFD
Deposits held	$m	Nov/13	-3	-3		DOFD
Government securities	$m	Nov/13	12 158	4 327		DOFD
Loans	$m	Nov/13	176	20		DOFD
Other borrowing	$m	Nov/13	93	61		DOFD
Superannuation liability	$m	Nov/13	617	348		DOFD
Other employee liabilities	$m	Nov/13	156	65		DOFD
Suppliers payable	$m	Nov/13	356	-416		DOFD
Personal benefits payable	$m	Nov/13	-195	-95		DOFD
Subsidies payable	$m	Nov/13	297	743		DOFD
Grants payable	$m	Nov/13	-135	-155		DOFD
Other provisions and payables	$m	Nov/13	-886	395		DOFD
Net Incurrence of Liabilities	$m	Nov/13	12 632	5 291		DOFD
Change in Net Worth	$m	Nov/13	36	10 131		DOFD
Total Liabilities, of which	$m	Q3/13	554 726	537 136	n.a	5232.0
- Rest of World	$m	Q3/13	216 776	206 999	n.a	5232.0
Central government debt (Commonwealth Government Debt)
Commonwealth Government Debt (Total outstanding gross debt)	$m	Dec/13	321 027	322 779	-1	AOFM
By instrument (market value)
Bonds	$m	Dec/13	312 028	313 800	-1	AOFM
Treasury notes	$m	Dec/13	8 978	8 958	0	AOFM
Other	$m	Dec/13	21	21	1	AOFM
By currency (market value)
Domestic currency	$m	Dec/13	321 020	322 772	-1	AOFM
Foreign currencies	$m	Dec/13	8	8	2	AOFM
By maturity (face value) (10)
Short-term (less than 1 year)	$m	Q4/13	34 299	29 099	18	AOFM
Medium & long-term (greater than 1 year)	$m	Q4/13	268 339	254 033	6	AOFM
Debt Guaranteed by Government	$m	Q4/13	302 638	283 132	7	AOFM

FINANCIAL SECTOR

SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Reference Period for latest data	Latest data	Data for previous reference period	% change from previous reference period	Further information
Analytical accounts of the banking sector
Monetary aggregates
- Currency	$b, Seasonally adjusted	Dec/13	56.5	56.3	0.4	RBA1
- Broad money	$b, Seasonally adjusted	Dec/13	1 612.5	1 604.2	0.5	RBA1
Domestic credit to the public sector	$b	Dec/13	163.9	165.9	-1.2	RBA1
Domestic credit to the private sector	$b, Seasonally adjusted	Dec/13	2 214.8	2 204.0	0.5	RBA1
External position (net)	$b	Dec/13	354.1	357.6	-1.0	RBA1
Analytical accounts of the central bank (11)
Reserve money (12)	$m	Feb/13/2019	109 528	110 295	-0.7	RBA2
Domestic claims on the public sector	$m	Feb/13/2019	93 536	93 896	-0.4	RBA2
External position
- Gross foreign assets	$m	Feb/13/2019	66 204	71 465	-7.4	RBA2
- Gross foreign liabilities	$m	Feb/13/2019	6 136	6 466	-5.1	RBA2
Interest rates
- Interbank Overnight Cash Rate	%	Daily				RBA3
- 13 week Treasury Note	%	Daily				RBA3
- 10 year Treasury Bond	%	Daily				RBA3
Financial soundness indicators (13)		Quarterly				FSI
Stock market
- S&P/ASX 200	(Dec 1979 = 500)	Daily				ASX

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EXTERNAL SECTOR

SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Reference Period for latest data	Latest data	Data for previous reference period	% change from previous reference period	Further information
Balance of Payments (14)
Goods and services credits	$m, Trend	Q3/13	80 118	78 266	2.4	5302.0
Goods and services debits	$m, Trend	Q3/13	–81 861	–80 556	-1.6	5302.0
Net primary income	$m, Trend	Q3/13	–9 294	–8 939	-4.0	5302.0
Net secondary income	$m, Trend	Q3/13	–515	–533	3.4	5302.0
Balance on current account	$m, Trend	Q3/13	–11 553	–11 762	1.8	5302.0
Balance on capital account	$m	Q3/13	–87	–166	47.6	5302.0
Balance on financial account	$m	Q3/13	15 116	8 630	75.2	5302.0
International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity
Official Reserve Assets (15)	$m (US)	Dec/13	53 227	54 416	-2.2	RBA5
Reserves Template		Jun/16				RBA4
Merchandise trade
Exports (f.o.b.)	$m	Dec/13	25 810	21 874	18.0	5368.0
Imports (Customs Value)	$m	Dec/13	20 509	21 681	-5.4	5439.0
International Investment Position (16) (14)
Foreign assets	$m	Q3/13	–1 540 350	–1 533 277	-0.5	5302.0
Direct investment assets	$m	Q3/13	–510 391	–490 797	-4.0	5302.0
Portfolio investment assets	$m	Q3/13	–602 297	–590 887	-1.9	5302.0
- Equity	$m	Q3/13	–382 664	–372 888	-2.6	5302.0
- Debt	$m	Q3/13	–219 633	–218 000	-0.7	5302.0
Financial derivatives assets	$m	Q3/13	–95 759	–125 175	23.5	5302.0
Other investment assets	$m	Q3/13	–278 933	–274 559	-1.6	5302.0
Reserve assets	$m	Q3/13	–52 971	–51 858	-2.1	5302.0
Foreign liabilities	$m	Q3/13	2 395 215	2 345 290	2.1	5302.0
Direct investment liabilities	$m	Q3/13	650 735	639 429	1.8	5302.0
Portfolio investment liabilities	$m	Q3/13	1 339 504	1 288 586	4.0	5302.0
- Equity	$m	Q3/13	400 862	367 415	9.1	5302.0
- Debt	$m	Q3/13	938 642	921 170	1.9	5302.0
Financial derivatives liabilities	$m	Q3/13	101 940	130 816	-22.1	5302.0
Other investment liabilities	$m	Q3/13	303 036	286 460	5.8	5302.0
External Debt (17)	$m	Q3/13	1 436 545	1 398 788	2.7	5302.0
Exchange Rates
- Spot (18)		Daily				RBA6
- Forward (19)		Daily
- Trade-weighted index		Daily

POPULATION

SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Reference Period for latest data	Latest data	Data for previous reference period	% change from previous reference period	Further information
Population
Estimated resident population - (Preliminary)	('000)	Jun Qtr 2013	23 130.9	23 035.2	0.42%	3101.0

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Footnotes

1. Australia has taken a flexibility option on periodicity on these categories. Data are disseminated quarterly.

2. The reference period is a specific week in the middle month of the quarter.

3. Data for General Government Operations (GGO) are from two different sources with different release dates. Revenue, expenses, net operating balance, net acquisition of non-financial assets and net lending/borrowing are drawn from data compiled on a Government Finance Statistics (GFS) basis covering all levels of government in Australia while the data on financing are drawn from data compiled on a System of National Accounts 1993 (SNA93) basis. The quarterly GFS data are released approximately 2 months after the reference period while the quarterly financing data are released approximately 3 months after the reference period. When the reference period differs between the GFS and the national accounts data, the net errors and omissions in the GGO cannot be derived and will be shown as 'na', meaning it is not applicable.

4. The recognition of taxation revenue in GFS is based on the taxation liability method (TLM) where taxes are recognised the earlier of when an assessment of a tax liability is made, or a cash payment is received. This method is adopted in GFS as it currently provides more certainty in the recording of revenue and less possibility of material mis-statement. This recognition differs from the economic transactions method (ETM) used for the Australian national accounts that records taxation revenue when the associated economic activity has occurred.

5. Includes GFS depreciation for central government which is an accounting measure which does not align well with the Australian national accounts measure of consumption of fixed capital.

6. The Australian national accounts estimate may differ from the GFS estimate due to two issues. Firstly, the Australian national accounts estimate includes a measure of consumption of fixed capital that is an economic measure based on the expected economic life of an asset and current replacement costs, whereas the GFS estimate includes a measure of depreciation that is an accounting measure based on taxation guidelines for allowable depreciation and the original cost of the asset. Secondly, the Australian national accounts estimates include capitalised expenditure for intangible fixed assets which is recorded in the GFS as consumption expenditure.

7. Net lending derived from revenues and expenditures will differ from net lending derived from financing data because of different concepts, sources and methods employed. The net errors and omissions represent the difference between the net lending derived from GFS data and net lending derived from the national accounts data.

8. Financing of the change in net worth includes transactions and other economic flows

9. Net Lending/Borrowing plus Other Economic Flows does not equal the Change in Net Worth because transactions in Non Financial Assets are funded from transactions in Financial Assets and Liabilities

10. With the exception of Treasury Indexed Bonds which are valued at face value plus the capital accretion component.

11. The RBA does not lend to the non-bank private sector and is not permitted to lend to banks, except in exceptional circumstances as lender of last-resort.

12. Reserve money is obtained by summing “Australian notes on issue” and “Exchange Settlement Balances”, from the Reserve Bank’s Statement of Liabilities and Assets.

13. Quarterly data are provided to the IMF by the RBA.

14. As of September quarter 2009, this data is provided on a BPM6 basis.

15 Official reserve assets data have been adjusted for securities sold under repurchase agreements. Weekly data on the RBA's gross holdings of gold and foreign exchange assets are also published. However, these data are not adjusted for securities sold under repurchase agreements, and do not include the reserve position in the IMF.

16. More detailed International Investment Position data, including gross assets and liabilities, are published in ABS cat. no. 5302.0.

17. Gross external debt as defined in External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users. More detail on these data are provided via the External Debt link.

18. Spot rates of the AUD against 13 currencies, the SDR and on a trade-weighted basis are updated daily and can be found in the link provided in the 'Further Information' section.

19. Historical data on 1,3 and 6 month forward margins against the USD are available from the Reserve Bank on request. Enquiries can be directed to International Department on (02) 9551 8457. The margins are the representative buying and selling quotations as determined by the RBA. The margins take the form of basis points which may be added to the spot exchange rate to derive the indicative forward rate.