1350.0 - Australian Economic Indicators, Mar 2009

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INVESTMENT

Investment income

			Credits				Debits
Period		Net Investment income	Total	Direct	Portfolio	Other	Total	Direct	Portfolio	Other
Annual ($ million)

2005-06		-37 327	25 254	13 485	8 670	3 099	-62 581	-29 979	-28 634	-3 968
2006-07		-45 349	34 679	19 106	11 524	4 049	-80 028	-37 229	-37 807	-4 992
2007-08		-48 566	39 934	21 171	15 746	3 017	-88 500	-41 299	-42 252	-4 949
Quarterly ($ million)

2006-2007
	September	-11 910	7 632	3 943	2 800	889	-19 542	-8 915	-9 323	-1 304
	December	-11 240	7 743	4 302	2 559	882	-18 983	-9 062	-8 705	-1 216
	March	-11 336	8 974	5 238	2 689	1 047	-20 310	-9 262	-9 871	-1 177
	June	-10 863	10 330	5 623	3 476	1 231	-21 193	-9 990	-9 908	-1 295
2007-2008
	September	-13 145	9 654	4 933	3 635	1 086	-22 799	-10 353	-11 223	-1 223
	December	-12 173	9 063	4 804	3 540	719	-21 236	-10 042	-9 829	-1 365
	March	-11 764	10 074	5 424	4 000	650	-21 838	-9 818	-10 782	-1 238
	June	-11 484	11 143	6 010	4 571	562	-22 627	-11 086	-10 418	-1 123
2008-2009
	September	-11 990	10 150	5 489	4 071	590	-22 140	-10 608	-10 353	-1 179

Source: Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, Australia, (cat. no. 5302.0)

International investment position

		Net international investment position			Foreign assets			Foreign liabilities
Period		Total	Equity	Debt	Total	Equity	Debt	Total	Equity	Debt

2005-06		540 652	37 734	502 918	829 892	479 316	350 576	1 370 544	517 050	853 494
2006-07		626 383	78 971	547 412	1 014 331	572 006	442 325	1 640 714	650 977	989 737
2007-08		697 520	82 877	614 643	1 041 977	562 415	479 561	1 739 497	645 292	1 094 205
2006-2007
	September	559 096	43 088	516 007	864 155	487 368	376 787	1 423 250	530 456	892 794
	December	596 202	64 235	531 967	904 180	511 942	392 238	1 500 382	576 177	924 205
	March	608 839	68 898	539 941	959 412	547 241	412 170	1 568 251	616 139	952 111
	June	626 383	78 971	547 412	1 014 331	572 006	442 325	1 640 714	650 977	989 737
2007-2008
	September	641 468	52 505	588 964	1 068 619	629 072	439 547	1 710 087	681 577	1 028 510
	December	671 584	68 742	602 842	1 043 288	614 034	429 255	1 714 873	682 776	1 032 097
	March	682 756	70 049	612 707	1 029 925	564 473	465 452	1 712 681	634 522	1 078 159
	June	697 520	82 877	614 643	1 041 977	562 415	479 561	1 739 497	645 292	1 094 205
2008-2009
	September	709 576	51 615	657 961	1 068 528	545 957	522 571	1 778 104	597 572	1 180 532

Source: Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, Australia, (cat. no. 5302.0)

International investment position, By type of investment

		Foreign investment in Australia					Australian investment abroad
Period		Total	Direct invest- ment	Portfolio invest- ment	Financial deriva- tives	Other invest- ment	Total	Direct invest- ment	Portfolio invest- ment	Financial deriva- tives	Other invest- ment	Reserve assets
Annual ($ million)

2005-06		1 331 256	298 761	826 378	37 007	169 110	-790 603	-273 247	-308 210	-42 322	-103 010	-63 815
2006-07		1 592 842	346 529	1 001 535	62 085	182 692	-966 459	-317 808	-395 332	-51 132	-122 504	-79 682
2007-08		1 670 023	379 414	993 547	92 894	204 169	-977 885	-311 112	-399 566	-87 297	-144 054	-35 856
Quarterly ($ million)

2006-2007
	September	1 381 904	310 787	867 138	35 056	168 923	-822 808	-271 613	-334 725	-42 247	-112 472	-61 751
	December	1 457 806	327 405	914 149	50 566	165 686	-861 604	-285 891	-349 131	-47 033	-109 943	-69 606
	March	1 525 527	342 860	965 339	49 729	167 599	-916 688	-308 845	-375 382	-44 992	-116 213	-71 256
	June	1 592 842	346 529	1 001 535	62 085	182 692	-966 459	-317 808	-395 332	-51 132	-122 504	-79 682
2007-2008
	September	1 664 177	384 813	1 021 333	79 713	178 318	-1 022 709	-357 870	-424 063	-66 771	-121 338	-52 668
	December	1 667 834	382 846	1 008 541	70 077	206 370	-996 249	-329 398	-442 456	-73 694	-120 180	-30 521
	March	1 666 179	383 985	996 206	84 478	201 511	-983 424	-305 293	-416 556	-87 909	-137 324	-36 342
	June	1 692 731	384 815	998 713	96 453	212 751	-995 211	-319 587	-401 630	-90 204	-147 934	-35 856
2008-2009
	September	1 728 215	382 332	982 178	96 196	267 509	-1 018 640	-292 756	-413 384	-98 881	-177 582	-36 038

Source: Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, Australia, (cat. no. 5302.0)

Current account to GDP, (from Table 2.11)
Graph: Current account of GDP from Table 2.11. Showing Balance on current account and Net income.

Net foreign debt to GDP, (from Table 2.11)
Graph: Net foreign debt to GDP from Table 2.11.

Balance of payments and international investment position ratios(a)

			Ratios to GDP(b)					Ratios to goods and services credits
Period		Current account	Goods and Services - Credits	Goods and Services - Debits	Income	Net international investment position - Net foreign equity	Net international investment position - Net foreign debt	Net investment income - Net foreign equity	Net investment income - Net foreign debt
Annual (per cent)

2005-06		-5.5	20.3	-21.8	-3.9	3.9	52.0	-9.8	-9.2
2006-07		-5.6	20.6	-21.8	-4.4	7.6	52.4	-9.8	-11.3
2007-08		-6.2	20.7	-22.5	-4.3	7.3	54.3	-8.7	-12.0
Quarterly (per cent)

2006-2007
	September	-5.3	20.7	-21.9	-4.0	4.4	52.4	-9.6	-9.7
	December	-5.3	20.9	-22.0	-4.1	6.4	53.0	-9.2	-10.2
	March	-5.5	20.9	-22.1	-4.3	6.7	52.7	-9.5	-10.7
	June	-5.6	20.6	-21.8	-4.4	7.6	52.4	-9.8	-11.3
2007-2008
	September	-6.0	20.3	-21.9	-4.4	4.9	55.3	-9.7	-11.8
	December	-6.3	20.0	-21.9	-4.4	6.3	55.5	-9.7	-12.1
	March	-6.5	20.1	-22.2	-4.4	6.3	55.4	-9.3	-12.3
	June	-6.2	20.7	-22.5	-4.3	7.3	54.3	-8.7	-12.0
2008-2009
	September	-5.5	22.5	-23.7	-4.3	4.6	58.1	-7.7	-10.9

(a) Derived from current price original data. The net international investment position ratios are derived from the net foreign liabilities at the end of the period and Gross Domestic Product for the year ended with that period. Other ratios use only data for the year ended with the period shown.
(b) For the latest reference period, GDP for the year ended with the previous quarter is used.
Source: International Trade in Goods and Services, Australia, (cat. no. 5368.0)