JUNE KEY FIGURES
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Mar Qtr 2018 | Jun Qtr 2018 | Mar Qtr 2018 to Jun Qtr 2018 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | $m | $m | % change |
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BALANCE ON CURRENT ACCOUNT | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Trend estimates | -13 692 | -12 875 | 6 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Seasonally adjusted | -11 678 | -13 472 | -15 |
BALANCE ON GOODS AND SERVICES | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Trend estimates | 1 695 | 2 960 | 75 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Seasonally adjusted | 3 344 | 2 812 | -16 |
NET PRIMARY INCOME | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Trend estimates | -15 100 | -15 555 | -3 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Seasonally adjusted | -14 832 | -15 934 | -7 |
LEVELS AT END OF PERIOD | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | International Investment Position | 933 929 | 953 430 | 2 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Net foreign equity | -87 217 | -82 978 | 5 |
![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | ![](/icons/ecblank.gif) | Net foreign debt | 1 021 146 | 1 036 408 | 1 |
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Current Account Balance (a), Main aggregates
![Graph: Current Account Balance (a), Main aggregates](/ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/188a674bd3844e59ca2583580010a0be/Body/0.2330!OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=gif)
| International Investment
![Graph: International Investment](/ausstats/abs@.nsf/0/188a674bd3844e59ca2583580010a0be/Body/0.30E2!OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=gif)
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JUNE KEY POINTS
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
- The current account deficit, seasonally adjusted, rose $1,794m to $13,472m in the June quarter 2018. The balance on goods and services surplus fell $532m to $2,812m. The primary income deficit rose $1,102m to $15,934m.
- In seasonally adjusted chain volume terms, the deficit on goods and services fell $546m from $13,407m in the March quarter 2018 to $12,861m in the June quarter 2018. This is expected to contribute 0.1 percentage points to growth in the June quarter 2018 volume measure of GDP.
INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT POSITION (IIP)
- Australia's net IIP liability position was $953.4b at 30 June 2018, an increase of $19.5b on the revised 31 March 2018 position of $933.9b. Australia's net foreign debt liability position increased $15.3b to $1,036.4b. Australia's net foreign equity asset position decreased $4.2b to $83.0b at 30 June 2018.
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
ISSUE (QUARTER) | Release Date |
September 2018 | 4 December 2018 |
December 2018 | 5 March 2019 |
March 2019 | 4 June 2019 |
June 2019 | 3 September 2019 |
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