JUNE KEY FIGURES
| | | Mar Qtr 2011 | Jun Qtr 2011 | Mar Qtr 2011 to Jun Qtr 2011 |
| | | $m | $m | % change |
|
BALANCE ON CURRENT ACCOUNT | | | |
| Trend estimates | -8 754 | -8 829 | -1 |
| Seasonally adjusted | -11 115 | -7 419 | 33 |
BALANCE ON GOODS AND SERVICES | | | |
| Trend estimates | 5 243 | 4 778 | -9 |
| Seasonally adjusted | 2 747 | 5 599 | 104 |
NET PRIMARY INCOME | | | |
| Trend estimates | -13 492 | -13 107 | 3 |
| Seasonally adjusted | -13 369 | -12 499 | 7 |
LEVELS AT END OF PERIOD | | | |
| International Investment Position | 782 294 | 781 121 | - |
| | Net foreign equity | 107 702 | 106 130 | -1 |
| | Net foreign debt | 674 592 | 674 991 | - |
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- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells) |
Current Account, Main aggregates - Trend estimates at current prices (a)
| International Investment
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JUNE KEY POINTS
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
- The current account deficit, seasonally adjusted, fell $3,696m (33%) to $7,419m in the June quarter 2011. The surplus on the balance of goods and services rose $2,852m (104%) to $5,599m. The primary income deficit fell $870m (7%) to $12,499m.
- In seasonally adjusted chain volume terms, the deficit on goods and services rose $1,643m (19%) from $8,581m in the March quarter 2011 to $10,224m in the June quarter 2011. This is expected to detract 0.5 percentage points from growth in the June quarter 2011 volume measure of GDP.
INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT POSITION (IIP)
- Australia's net IIP liability position was $781.1b at 30 June 2011, a decrease of $1.2b on 31 March 2011. Australia's net foreign equity liability decreased $1.6b to a liability position of $106.1b. Australia's net foreign debt liability increased $0.4b to a liability position of $675.0b.
NOTES
FORTHCOMING ISSUES
ISSUE (QUARTER) | Release Date |
September 2011 | 6 December 2011 |
December 2011 | 6 March 2012 |
March 2012 | 5 June 2012 |
REVISIONS
In original terms, data have been revised back to September quarter 2009. See
Revisions for details.
CHANGES IN THIS AND FORTHCOMING ISSUES
Changes in this issue:
- Improvement to the methodology of compiling chain volume measures and implicit price deflators on goods credits and debits.
Changes in forthcoming issues:
- Annual seasonal re-analysis
- New base year and re-referencing of chain volume estimates and implicit price deflators.
See
Changes in this and forthcoming issues for details.
IRON ORE AND COAL PRICES
Adjustments have been made to the value of the 'metal ores and minerals' and 'coal, coke and briquettes' components in the balance of payments series. See
Commodity value adjustment for details.
RELATED RELEASES
For related recent and upcoming releases see
Related releases.
INQUIRIES
For further information contact Selvi Sekhar on Canberra (02) 6252 5540 for balance of payments estimates, and Charles Kauye on Canberra (02) 6252 5541 for international investment estimates.