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Note 17/10/2007: This reissue corrects a typographical error in Table 10.30 in the publication and Sheet 24 in the Economic Activity data cube. A data item in the table was incorrectly labelled "exports" instead of "imports". No data were affected.

Note 08/06/2007: Units indicator for Economic Activity Table Item 7 changed from '000 to no.

	ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

Economic activity(a), NSW Summary table
		2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Key economic indicators
1. Gross state product(b)	$m	278 094	286 354	291 678	298 879	303 493	305 859	310 091
2. Real gross state income(b)	$m	264 731	271 951	279 135	287 676	298 368	305 589	312 525
3. State final demand(b)	$m	260 610	258 957	265 182	278 308	290 362	300 032	306 648
4. Retail turnover-all industries(b)	$m	56 837	57 617	60 198	62 989	66 317	67 926	68 711
5. Building work done(b)	$m	20 253	13 533	15 405	18 181	18 642	17 631	16 704
6. Total private new capital expenditure(b)	$m	13 028	12 875	11 781	13 102	14 053	16 805	18 748
7. Dwelling unit approvals	no.	52 291	34 550	r50 552	r50 143	r48 159	r38 765	33 064
8. New motor vehicle sales	no.	268 238	284 835	280 252	290 212	308 266	308 763	296 976
9. Housing finance commitments for the owner occupier	no.	185 933	188 169	210 423	203 166	205 192	184 958	204 493
10. Labour force participation rate	%	61.9	62.1	62.3	62.6	62.5	62.5	62.9
11. Employed persons	'000	2 979	3 037	3 066	3 128	3 169	3 211	3 262
Change from previous financial year
12. Gross state product(b)	%	4.7	3.0	1.9	2.5	1.5	0.8	1.4
13. Real gross state income(b)	%	5.0	2.7	2.6	3.1	3.7	2.5	2.2
14. State final demand(b)	%	5.7	-0.6	2.4	4.9	4.3	3.3	2.2
15. Retail turnover(b)	%	5.1	1.4	4.5	4.6	5.3	2.4	1.2
16. Building work done(b)	%	5.1	-33.2	13.8	r18.0	r2.5	r-5.4	-5.3
17. Private new capital expenditure(b)	%	12.2	-1.2	-8.5	11.2	7.3	r19.6	11.6
18. Dwelling unit approvals	%	-0.6	-33.9	r46.3	r-0.8	r-4.0	r-19.5	-14.7
19. New motor vehicle sales	%	-6.6	6.2	-1.6	3.6	6.2	0.2	-3.8
20. Housing finance commitments for the owner occupier	%	16.1	1.2	11.8	-3.4	1.0	-9.9	10.6
21. Consumer price index (All groups)-Sydney	%	2.4	6.2	3.0	2.8	r2.2	2.5	3.0
22. Established House Price Index-Sydney(c)	%	. .	. .	. .	. .	12.0	-3.9	-2.9
23. Wage Price Index(d)	%	3.1	3.7	3.2	3.5	3.8	3.6	4.1
24. Employed persons	%	2.8	1.9	0.9	2.0	1.3	1.3	1.6
Per capita
25. Gross state product(b)	$	43 129	43 870	44 139	44 895	45 295	45 368	45 584
26. Real gross state income(b)	$	41 056	41 663	42 241	43 212	44 530	45 368	45 942
27. State final demand(b)	$	40 417	39 672	40 130	41 805	43 336	44 504	45 078
28. Dwelling unit approvals	per 1,000	8.1	5.3	7.6	7.5	7.2	r5.8	4.9
29. New motor vehicle sales	per 1,000	41.6	43.6	42.4	43.6	46.0	r45.8	43.7
30. Housing finance commitments for the owner occupier	per 1,000	28.8	28.8	31.8	30.5	30.6	27.4	30.1
. . not applicable
r revised
(a) Data for 12 months to 30 June.
(b) Chain volume measures. Reference year is 2004-05.
(c) Base of index: 2003-04 = 100.0.
(d) Total hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses.

Gross State Product and Gross Domestic Product, Chain volume measures, per capita



Consumer Price Index, Year on year % change - Sydney



Expenditure components of state final demand, Chain volume measures, Annual % change



Retail turnover, Chain volume measures, trend, % change from previous quarter



New motor vehicle sales, Trend



Dwelling unit approvals, Trend

SOURCES:
Data in this table are compiled from multiple sources. Information on these sources is available below.	Summary table indicators	Graphs
ABS data available on request, Agricultural Commodities Produced (ABS cat. no. 7503.0)	. .	. .
Australian Industry (ABS cat. no. 8155.0)	. .	. .
Australian National Accounts, State Accounts (ABS cat. no. 5220.0)	1-3; 12-14; 25-27	10.2; 10.4
ABS data available on request, ABS Housing and Lending Finance	9; 20; 30	. .
ABS data available on request, ABS International Trade	. .	. .
ABS data available on request, ABS Quarterly Business Indicators Survey	. .	. .
Building Activity, Australia (ABS cat. no. 8752.0)	5; 16	. .
Building Approvals, Australia (ABS cat. no. 8731.0)	7; 18; 28	10.7
Consumer Price Index, Australia (ABS cat. no. 6401.0)	21	10.3
Engineering Construction Activity, Australia (ABS cat. no. 8762.0)	. .	. .
House Price Indexes, Eight Capital Cities (ABS cat. no. 6416.0)	22	. .
IP Australia <www.ipaustralia.gov.au>	. .	. .
Labour Force, Australia, Detailed (ABS cat. no. 6291.0.55.001)	10-11; 24	. .
Labour Price Index (ABS cat. no. 6345.0)	23	. .
Lending Finance, Australia (ABS cat. no. 5671.0)	. .	. .
Manufacturing Industry, Australia (ABS cat. no. 8221.0)	. .	. .
Mining Operations, Australia (ABS cat. no. 8415.0)	. .	. .
Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia (ABS cat. no. 5625.0)	6; 17	. .
Research and Experimental Development, All Sector Summary, Australia (ABS cat. no. 8112.0)	. .	. .
Research and Experimental Development, Businesses, Australia (ABS cat. no. 8104.0)	. .	. .
Retail Trade, Australia (ABS cat. no. 8501.0)	4; 15	10.5
Sales of New Motor Vehicles, Australia, Electronic Delivery (ABS cat. no. 9314.0.55.001)	8; 19; 29	10.6
Tourist Accommodation, Australia (ABS cat. no. 8635.0)	. .	. .
. . not applicable