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SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES

		% change Jun qtr 10 to Sep qtr 10	% change Sep qtr 09 to Sep qtr 10
GDP (Chain volume measure)
	Trend	0.6	2.8
	Seasonally adjusted	0.2	2.7
Final consumption expenditure (Chain volume measure)
	Trend	0.9	3.3
	Seasonally adjusted	0.6	3.5
Gross fixed capital formation (Chain volume measure)
	Trend	0.1	5.6
	Seasonally adjusted	0.9	6.8
GDP chain price index
	Original	0.7	6.6
Terms of trade
	Seasonally adjusted	0.8	24.1
Real net national disposable income
	Trend	2.5	9.5
	Seasonally adjusted	-0.4	7.6

GDP growth rates, Volume measures, quarterly change

Contributions to GDP growth, Seasonally adjusted

• In trend terms, GDP increased 0.6% and Non-farm GDP increased 0.5% in the September quarter 2010. GDP per hour worked in the market sector rose 0.3% and the Terms of trade rose 1.6%.
• In seasonally adjusted terms, GDP increased by 0.2% in the September quarter and Non-farm GDP fell 0.2%. The Terms of trade rose 0.8% and Real gross domestic income rose 0.3%.

• In seasonally adjusted terms, the main positive contributors to expenditure on GDP were Household final consumption expenditure (0.3 percentage points), Private gross fixed capital formation (0.1 percentage points) and Public gross fixed capital formation (0.1 percentage points). The largest negative contributor was Net exports (-0.4 percentage points).

• In seasonally adjusted terms, Agriculture (up 21.5%) contributed 0.4 percentage points to GDP growth driven largely by strong forecasts for grain crops.