Business Indicators, Australia

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Quarterly estimates of private sector sales, wages, profits and inventories

Reference period

December 2022

Released

27/02/2023

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Key statistics

Current price estimates for the December quarter 2022:

Company gross operating profits rose 10.6% seasonally adjusted
Wages and salaries rose 2.6% seasonally adjusted

Chain volume estimates for the December quarter 2022:

Inventories fell 0.2% seasonally adjusted

Key data items

			Sep Qtr 22 to Dec Qtr 22	Dec Qtr 21 to Dec Qtr 22
			%	%
Sales of goods and services (Chain volume measures)
	Manufacturing
		Trend	na	na
		Seasonally Adjusted	-1.4	-3.2
	Wholesale trade
		Trend	na	na
		Seasonally Adjusted	-1.1	2.0
Inventories (Chain volume measures)
	Trend		na	na
	Seasonally Adjusted		-0.2	5.9
Company gross operating profits
	Trend		na	na
	Seasonally Adjusted		10.6	16.0
Wages and salaries
	Seasonally Adjusted		2.6	11.6

*na - not available. Trend estimates have been suspended due to the impacts of COVID-19.

Inventories

Chain volume measures seasonally adjusted estimates
	Quarterly (%)	Year on Year (%)
Dec 2016	0.1	1.7
Mar 2017	1.2	3.2
Jun 2017	-0.6	2.1
Sep 2017	0.2	0.9
Dec 2017	0.1	0.9
Mar 2018	0.4	0.2
Jun 2018	0.9	1.7
Sep 2018	0.3	1.7
Dec 2018	-0.6	1.0
Mar 2019	1.0	1.6
Jun 2019	-1.0	-0.4
Sep 2019	0.0	-0.6
Dec 2019	-0.1	-0.1
Mar 2020	-1.3	-2.3
Jun 2020	-3.2	-4.5
Sep 2020	-0.1	-4.6
Dec 2020	-0.2	-4.7
Mar 2021	2.6	-1.0
Jun 2021	0.3	2.7
Sep 2021	-1.3	1.5
Dec 2021	1.3	3.0
Mar 2022	3.3	3.7
Jun 2022	0.7	4.1
Sep 2022	2.1	7.6
Dec 2022	-0.2	5.9

0.0%

Chain volume measures seasonally adjusted estimates

["","Quarterly","Year on Year"]

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Trend estimates have been suspended

Company gross operating profits

Company gross operating profits seasonally adjusted estimates
	Quarterly (%)	Year on Year (%)
Dec 2016	21.4	27.7
Mar 2017	3.2	40.3
Jun 2017	-5.5	21.9
Sep 2017	1.0	19.6
Dec 2017	6.5	4.9
Mar 2018	4.8	6.5
Jun 2018	-1.8	10.6
Sep 2018	2.7	12.5
Dec 2018	5.6	11.6
Mar 2019	4.3	11.1
Jun 2019	1.5	14.9
Sep 2019	-1.0	10.7
Dec 2019	-1.0	3.7
Mar 2020	3.4	2.9
Jun 2020	11.2	12.7
Sep 2020	3.9	18.3
Dec 2020	-3.5	15.3
Mar 2021	0.4	11.9
Jun 2021	4.6	5.2
Sep 2021	4.0	5.3
Dec 2021	4.6	14.2
Mar 2022	9.8	24.9
Jun 2022	7.8	28.8
Sep 2022	-11.5	9.6
Dec 2022	10.6	16.0

Company gross operating profits seasonally adjusted estimates

["","Quarterly","Year on Year"]

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Trend estimates have been suspended

Notes on release

Comparison between company gross operating profits and gross operating surplus

Valuation changes have had an impact on the value of inventories held by Australian businesses this quarter. An Inventories Valuation Adjustment (IVA) is applied in the calculation of the Gross Operating Surplus of private non-financial corporations (GOS) estimate in the Australian National Accounts. The IVA for the December quarter 2022 is $2,495m which is $5,378m higher than the September quarter 2022 IVA of -$2,883m.

No adjustment is made to the Company Gross Operating Profits (CGOP) estimate in this publication and, as a result, users should exercise caution when comparing CGOP and GOS. It should be noted that there are other differences between the two series. In particular, changes are made to GOS when annual benchmarks are applied, and slightly different seasonal factors apply to the two series. Given this, while CGOP movements are an appropriate indicator for GOS, the two series will not have equivalent seasonally adjusted movements from quarter to quarter.

Suspension of trend series

The trend series attempts to measure underlying behaviour in business activity. In the short term, this measurement will be significantly affected by changes to regular patterns in spending due to the Coronavirus pandemic. If the trend estimates in this publication were to be calculated without fully accounting for this irregular event, they would likely provide a misleading view of underlying business activity.

It may be some time before the underlying trend in business activity can be accurately estimated. The Business Indicators trend series have therefore been suspended and will be reinstated when more certainty emerges in the underlying trend in business activity.

Analysis by industry

Featured series

The following graphs and commentary refer to seasonally adjusted estimates for sales of goods and services and inventories in volume terms, and wages and salaries and company gross operating profits in current price terms. Trend estimates have been suspended from June quarter 2019 onwards for all series due to the impacts of coronavirus (COVID-19).

Total all industries

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Total industry, Current prices
	Seasonally adjusted Wages ($m)	Seasonally adjusted CGOP ($m)
Dec 2019	146,556	96,756
Mar 2020	146,846	100,073
Jun 2020	142,124	111,320
Sep 2020	145,767	115,685
Dec 2020	147,452	111,591
Mar 2021	150,838	112,007
Jun 2021	153,783	117,152
Sep 2021	152,431	121,846
Dec 2021	155,438	127,398
Mar 2022	158,737	139,898
Jun 2022	164,114	150,876
Sep 2022	169,040	133,561
Dec 2022	173,408	147,734

Total industry, Current prices

["","Seasonally adjusted Wages","Seasonally adjusted CGOP"]

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In current prices, seasonally adjusted:

Company gross operating profits rose 10.6%
Wages and salaries rose 2.6%

Inventories

Total industry, Chain volume measures (a)
	Seasonally adjusted Inventories ($m)
Dec 2019	177,101
Mar 2020	174,856
Jun 2020	169,271
Sep 2020	169,080
Dec 2020	168,763
Mar 2021	173,155
Jun 2021	173,760
Sep 2021	171,584
Dec 2021	173,886
Mar 2022	179,596
Jun 2022	180,846
Sep 2022	184,597
Dec 2022	184,143

Total industry, Chain volume measures (a)

["","Seasonally adjusted Inventories"]

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(a) Total inventories limited to: Accommodation and food services; Electricity, gas, water and waste services; Manufacturing; Mining; Retail trade; Wholesale trade

In chain volume measures, seasonally adjusted:

Inventories fell 0.2%

Mining

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Mining, Current prices
	Seasonally adjusted Wages ($m)	Seasonally adjusted CGOP ($m)
Dec 2019	6,563	39,728
Mar 2020	6,625	41,740
Jun 2020	6,571	37,479
Sep 2020	6,635	34,972
Dec 2020	6,586	41,143
Mar 2021	6,634	47,879
Jun 2021	6,843	53,701
Sep 2021	7,070	58,514
Dec 2021	7,233	56,490
Mar 2022	7,403	70,696
Jun 2022	7,533	81,556
Sep 2022	7,723	67,428
Dec 2022	7,931	75,245

Mining, Current prices

["","Seasonally adjusted Wages","Seasonally adjusted CGOP"]

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In current prices, seasonally adjusted:

Company gross operating profits rose 11.6%
Wages and salaries rose 2.7%

Sales of goods and services | Inventories

Mining, Chain volume measures
	Seasonally adjusted Sales ($m)	Seasonally adjusted Inventories ($m)
Dec 2019	88,865	21,950
Mar 2020	88,520	22,096
Jun 2020	85,930	21,877
Sep 2020	83,409	21,758
Dec 2020	83,346	20,755
Mar 2021	84,746	19,970
Jun 2021	83,392	20,153
Sep 2021	83,552	19,831
Dec 2021	83,248	19,658
Mar 2022	83,189	19,137
Jun 2022	84,108	18,839
Sep 2022	85,822	20,736
Dec 2022	88,077	20,415

Mining, Chain volume measures

["","Seasonally adjusted Sales","Seasonally adjusted Inventories"]

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In chain volume measures, seasonally adjusted:

Sales of goods and services rose 2.6%
Inventories fell 1.6%

Manufacturing

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Manufacturing, Current prices
	Seasonally adjusted Wages ($m)	Seasonally adjusted CGOP ($m)
Dec 2019	14,000	7,909
Mar 2020	14,134	8,490
Jun 2020	13,655	9,165
Sep 2020	13,897	10,135
Dec 2020	13,847	9,182
Mar 2021	14,134	9,725
Jun 2021	14,281	9,430
Sep 2021	14,184	10,050
Dec 2021	14,391	12,505
Mar 2022	14,554	11,581
Jun 2022	15,138	12,678
Sep 2022	15,280	9,948
Dec 2022	15,273	11,198

Manufacturing, Current prices

["","Seasonally adjusted Wages","Seasonally adjusted CGOP"]

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In current prices, seasonally adjusted:

Company gross operating profits rose 12.6%
Wages and salaries remained relatively unchanged this quarter

Sales of goods and services | Inventories

Manufacturing, Chain volume measures
	Seasonally adjusted Sales ($m)	Seasonally adjusted Inventories ($m)
Dec 2019	91,342	49,345
Mar 2020	92,832	48,269
Jun 2020	85,492	48,231
Sep 2020	88,955	48,294
Dec 2020	90,720	47,210
Mar 2021	91,821	47,077
Jun 2021	92,404	47,509
Sep 2021	91,720	47,519
Dec 2021	92,554	48,509
Mar 2022	91,570	50,394
Jun 2022	91,847	52,000
Sep 2022	90,880	51,966
Dec 2022	89,614	52,293

Manufacturing, Chain volume measures

["","Seasonally adjusted Sales","Seasonally adjusted Inventories"]

[["Dec 2019","Mar 2020","Jun 2020","Sep 2020","Dec 2020","Mar 2021","Jun 2021","Sep 2021","Dec 2021","Mar 2022","Jun 2022","Sep 2022","Dec 2022"],[[91342],[92832],[85492],[88955],[90720],[91821],[92404],[91720],[92554],[91570],[91847],[90880],[89614]],[[49345],[48269],[48231],[48294],[47210],[47077],[47509],[47519],[48509],[50394],[52000],[51966],[52293]]]

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In chain volume measures, seasonally adjusted:

Sales of goods and services fell 1.4%
Inventories rose 0.6%

Electricity, gas, water and waste services

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Electricity, gas, water and waste services, Current prices
	Seasonally adjusted Wages ($m)	Seasonally adjusted CGOP ($m)
Dec 2019	1,483	4,577
Mar 2020	1,499	4,751
Jun 2020	1,496	4,379
Sep 2020	1,523	4,353
Dec 2020	1,533	4,128
Mar 2021	1,503	4,172
Jun 2021	1,553	4,086
Sep 2021	1,589	3,917
Dec 2021	1,597	3,949
Mar 2022	1,647	4,245
Jun 2022	1,634	4,264
Sep 2022	1,636	4,219
Dec 2022	1,697	4,577

Electricity, gas, water and waste services, Current prices

["","Seasonally adjusted Wages","Seasonally adjusted CGOP"]

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In current prices, seasonally adjusted:

Company gross operating profits rose 8.5%
Wages and salaries rose 3.7%

Sales of goods and services | Inventories

Electricity, gas, water and waste services, Chain volume measures
	Seasonally adjusted Sales ($m)	Seasonally adjusted Inventories ($m)
Dec 2019	19,521	1,224
Mar 2020	19,088	1,252
Jun 2020	18,895	1,227
Sep 2020	19,717	1,186
Dec 2020	20,098	1,162
Mar 2021	19,446	1,147
Jun 2021	20,810	1,193
Sep 2021	20,624	1,230
Dec 2021	20,752	1,179
Mar 2022	20,406	1,101
Jun 2022	22,373	1,083
Sep 2022	22,319	1,148
Dec 2022	22,200	1,215

Electricity, gas, water and waste services, Chain volume measures

["","Seasonally adjusted Sales","Seasonally adjusted Inventories"]

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In chain volume measures, seasonally adjusted:

Sales of goods and services fell 0.5%
Inventories rose 5.8%

Construction

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Construction, Current prices
	Seasonally adjusted Wages ($m)	Seasonally adjusted CGOP ($m)
Dec 2019	15,352	5,347
Mar 2020	15,353	5,224
Jun 2020	14,958	7,676
Sep 2020	15,177	7,606
Dec 2020	14,862	6,863
Mar 2021	15,289	6,936
Jun 2021	15,773	6,116
Sep 2021	15,712	6,839
Dec 2021	16,061	7,017
Mar 2022	16,727	7,273
Jun 2022	17,448	6,863
Sep 2022	17,990	6,604
Dec 2022	18,784	6,843

Construction, Current prices

["","Seasonally adjusted Wages","Seasonally adjusted CGOP"]

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In current prices, seasonally adjusted:

Company gross operating profits rose 3.6%
Wages and salaries rose 4.4%

Sales of goods and services

Construction, Chain volume measures
	Seasonally adjusted Sales ($m)
Dec 2019	91,601
Mar 2020	91,621
Jun 2020	80,605
Sep 2020	83,316
Dec 2020	83,810
Mar 2021	86,653
Jun 2021	89,524
Sep 2021	88,521
Dec 2021	88,551
Mar 2022	89,123
Jun 2022	89,870
Sep 2022	88,903
Dec 2022	89,431

Construction, Chain volume measures

["","Seasonally adjusted Sales"]

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In chain volume measures, seasonally adjusted:

Sales of goods and services rose 0.6%

Wholesale trade

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Wholesale trade, Current prices
	Seasonally adjusted Wages ($m)	Seasonally adjusted CGOP ($m)
Dec 2019	9,783	6,342
Mar 2020	9,835	6,988
Jun 2020	9,274	7,414
Sep 2020	9,815	8,495
Dec 2020	10,115	8,735
Mar 2021	10,411	8,800
Jun 2021	10,529	8,461
Sep 2021	10,485	8,494
Dec 2021	10,619	8,580
Mar 2022	10,927	9,749
Jun 2022	11,168	9,790
Sep 2022	11,475	9,736
Dec 2022	11,661	10,926

Wholesale trade, Current prices

["","Seasonally adjusted Wages","Seasonally adjusted CGOP"]

[["Dec 2019","Mar 2020","Jun 2020","Sep 2020","Dec 2020","Mar 2021","Jun 2021","Sep 2021","Dec 2021","Mar 2022","Jun 2022","Sep 2022","Dec 2022"],[[9783],[9835],[9274],[9815],[10115],[10411],[10529],[10485],[10619],[10927],[11168],[11475],[11661]],[[6342],[6988],[7414],[8495],[8735],[8800],[8461],[8494],[8580],[9749],[9790],[9736],[10926]]]

[]

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In current prices, seasonally adjusted:

Company gross operating profits rose 12.2%
Wages and salaries rose 1.6%

Sales of goods and services | Inventories

Wholesale trade, Chain volume measures
	Seasonally adjusted Sales ($m)	Seasonally adjusted Inventories ($m)
Dec 2019	129,526	61,110
Mar 2020	129,951	60,453
Jun 2020	121,198	58,871
Sep 2020	128,767	58,900
Dec 2020	134,597	61,054
Mar 2021	138,061	63,128
Jun 2021	138,197	63,456
Sep 2021	131,317	61,564
Dec 2021	137,437	64,030
Mar 2022	141,668	65,783
Jun 2022	137,960	66,095
Sep 2022	141,775	66,316
Dec 2022	140,188	67,212

Wholesale trade, Chain volume measures

["","Seasonally adjusted Sales","Seasonally adjusted Inventories"]

[["Dec 2019","Mar 2020","Jun 2020","Sep 2020","Dec 2020","Mar 2021","Jun 2021","Sep 2021","Dec 2021","Mar 2022","Jun 2022","Sep 2022","Dec 2022"],[[129526],[129951],[121198],[128767],[134597],[138061],[138197],[131317],[137437],[141668],[137960],[141775],[140188]],[[61110],[60453],[58871],[58900],[61054],[63128],[63456],[61564],[64030],[65783],[66095],[66316],[67212]]]

[]

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[{"value":"0","axis_id":"0","axis_title":"$m","axis_units":"","tooltip_units":"(m)","table_units":"($m)","axis_min":null,"axis_max":null,"tick_interval":null,"precision":"-1","data_unit_prefix":"$","data_unit_suffix":"","reverse_axis":false}]

In chain volume measures, seasonally adjusted:

Sales of goods and services fell 1.1%
Inventories rose 1.4%

Retail trade

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Retail trade, Current prices
	Seasonally adjusted Wages ($m)	Seasonally adjusted CGOP ($m)
Dec 2019	11,621	5,323
Mar 2020	11,693	5,614
Jun 2020	11,525	7,482
Sep 2020	11,614	8,785
Dec 2020	11,875	7,761
Mar 2021	11,705	6,115
Jun 2021	12,271	5,630
Sep 2021	11,639	5,488
Dec 2021	11,776	5,568
Mar 2022	11,933	6,882
Jun 2022	12,521	6,459
Sep 2022	12,949	6,164
Dec 2022	13,377	6,566

Retail trade, Current prices

["","Seasonally adjusted Wages","Seasonally adjusted CGOP"]

[["Dec 2019","Mar 2020","Jun 2020","Sep 2020","Dec 2020","Mar 2021","Jun 2021","Sep 2021","Dec 2021","Mar 2022","Jun 2022","Sep 2022","Dec 2022"],[[11621],[11693],[11525],[11614],[11875],[11705],[12271],[11639],[11776],[11933],[12521],[12949],[13377]],[[5323],[5614],[7482],[8785],[7761],[6115],[5630],[5488],[5568],[6882],[6459],[6164],[6566]]]

[]

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[{"value":"0","axis_id":"0","axis_title":"$m","axis_units":"","tooltip_units":"(m)","table_units":"($m)","axis_min":null,"axis_max":null,"tick_interval":null,"precision":"-1","data_unit_prefix":"$","data_unit_suffix":"","reverse_axis":false}]

In current prices, seasonally adjusted:

Company gross operating profits rose 6.5%
Wages and salaries rose 3.3%

Sales of goods and services | Inventories

Retail trade, Chain volume measures
	Seasonally adjusted Sales ($m)	Seasonally adjusted Inventories ($m)
Dec 2019	108,345	40,313
Mar 2020	108,218	39,738
Jun 2020	105,155	36,207
Sep 2020	109,940	35,996
Dec 2020	113,896	35,754
Mar 2021	114,011	38,879
Jun 2021	114,819	38,381
Sep 2021	109,048	38,549
Dec 2021	115,067	37,720
Mar 2022	115,901	40,369
Jun 2022	116,592	39,905
Sep 2022	118,537	41,379
Dec 2022	118,128	39,981

Retail trade, Chain volume measures

["","Seasonally adjusted Sales","Seasonally adjusted Inventories"]

[["Dec 2019","Mar 2020","Jun 2020","Sep 2020","Dec 2020","Mar 2021","Jun 2021","Sep 2021","Dec 2021","Mar 2022","Jun 2022","Sep 2022","Dec 2022"],[[108345],[108218],[105155],[109940],[113896],[114011],[114819],[109048],[115067],[115901],[116592],[118537],[118128]],[[40313],[39738],[36207],[35996],[35754],[38879],[38381],[38549],[37720],[40369],[39905],[41379],[39981]]]

[]

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[{"value":"0","axis_id":"0","axis_title":"$m","axis_units":"","tooltip_units":"(m)","table_units":"($m)","axis_min":null,"axis_max":null,"tick_interval":null,"precision":"-1","data_unit_prefix":"$","data_unit_suffix":"","reverse_axis":false}]

In chain volume measures, seasonally adjusted:

Sales of goods and services fell 0.3%
Inventories fell 3.4%

Accommodation and food services

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Accommodation and food services, Current prices
	Seasonally adjusted Wages ($m)	Seasonally adjusted CGOP ($m)
Dec 2019	6,235	1,894
Mar 2020	5,961	1,708
Jun 2020	4,955	3,365
Sep 2020	5,569	4,528
Dec 2020	5,694	3,039
Mar 2021	5,926	1,807
Jun 2021	6,160	1,532
Sep 2021	4,677	1,338
Dec 2021	5,418	1,204
Mar 2022	5,646	681
Jun 2022	6,447	1,006
Sep 2022	6,811	1,578
Dec 2022	7,337	1,890

Accommodation and food services, Current prices

["","Seasonally adjusted Wages","Seasonally adjusted CGOP"]

[["Dec 2019","Mar 2020","Jun 2020","Sep 2020","Dec 2020","Mar 2021","Jun 2021","Sep 2021","Dec 2021","Mar 2022","Jun 2022","Sep 2022","Dec 2022"],[[6235],[5961],[4955],[5569],[5694],[5926],[6160],[4677],[5418],[5646],[6447],[6811],[7337]],[[1894],[1708],[3365],[4528],[3039],[1807],[1532],[1338],[1204],[681],[1006],[1578],[1890]]]

[]

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[{"value":"0","axis_id":"0","axis_title":"$m","axis_units":"","tooltip_units":"(m)","table_units":"($m)","axis_min":null,"axis_max":null,"tick_interval":null,"precision":"-1","data_unit_prefix":"$","data_unit_suffix":"","reverse_axis":false}]

In current prices, seasonally adjusted:

Company gross operating profits rose 19.8%
Wages and salaries rose 7.7%

Sales of goods and services | Inventories

Accommodation and food services, Chain volume measures
	Seasonally adjusted Sales ($m)	Seasonally adjusted Inventories ($m)
Dec 2019	26,482	1,686
Mar 2020	24,271	1,619
Jun 2020	15,061	1,435
Sep 2020	21,643	1,593
Dec 2020	23,206	1,409
Mar 2021	24,447	1,468
Jun 2021	25,143	1,544
Sep 2021	18,908	1,581
Dec 2021	23,484	1,564
Mar 2022	24,374	1,657
Jun 2022	27,104	1,782
Sep 2022	27,897	1,841
Dec 2022	28,326	1,801

Accommodation and food services, Chain volume measures

["","Seasonally adjusted Sales","Seasonally adjusted Inventories"]

[["Dec 2019","Mar 2020","Jun 2020","Sep 2020","Dec 2020","Mar 2021","Jun 2021","Sep 2021","Dec 2021","Mar 2022","Jun 2022","Sep 2022","Dec 2022"],[[26482],[24271],[15061],[21643],[23206],[24447],[25143],[18908],[23484],[24374],[27104],[27897],[28326]],[[1686],[1619],[1435],[1593],[1409],[1468],[1544],[1581],[1564],[1657],[1782],[1841],[1801]]]

[]

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[{"value":"0","axis_id":"0","axis_title":"$m","axis_units":"","tooltip_units":"(m)","table_units":"($m)","axis_min":null,"axis_max":null,"tick_interval":null,"precision":"-1","data_unit_prefix":"$","data_unit_suffix":"","reverse_axis":false}]

In chain volume measures, seasonally adjusted:

Sales of goods and services rose 1.5%
Inventories fell 2.2%

Transport, postal and warehousing

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Transport, postal and warehousing, Current prices
	Seasonally adjusted Wages ($m)	Seasonally adjusted CGOP ($m)
Dec 2019	7,457	6,207
Mar 2020	7,468	5,726
Jun 2020	7,123	6,462
Sep 2020	7,056	6,817
Dec 2020	7,175	5,125
Mar 2021	7,350	4,810
Jun 2021	7,358	5,345
Sep 2021	7,335	4,526
Dec 2021	7,324	5,921
Mar 2022	7,555	6,048
Jun 2022	7,996	7,374
Sep 2022	8,392	7,592
Dec 2022	8,919	8,235

Transport, postal and warehousing, Current prices

["","Seasonally adjusted Wages","Seasonally adjusted CGOP"]

[["Dec 2019","Mar 2020","Jun 2020","Sep 2020","Dec 2020","Mar 2021","Jun 2021","Sep 2021","Dec 2021","Mar 2022","Jun 2022","Sep 2022","Dec 2022"],[[7457],[7468],[7123],[7056],[7175],[7350],[7358],[7335],[7324],[7555],[7996],[8392],[8919]],[[6207],[5726],[6462],[6817],[5125],[4810],[5345],[4526],[5921],[6048],[7374],[7592],[8235]]]

[]

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[{"value":"0","axis_id":"0","axis_title":"$m","axis_units":"","tooltip_units":"(m)","table_units":"($m)","axis_min":null,"axis_max":null,"tick_interval":null,"precision":"-1","data_unit_prefix":"$","data_unit_suffix":"","reverse_axis":false}]

In current prices, seasonally adjusted:

Company gross operating profits rose 8.5%
Wages and salaries rose 6.3%

Sales of goods and services

Transport, postal and warehousing, Chain volume measures
	Seasonally adjusted Sales ($m)
Dec 2019	36,373
Mar 2020	34,917
Jun 2020	28,011
Sep 2020	29,918
Dec 2020	31,769
Mar 2021	34,251
Jun 2021	35,158
Sep 2021	33,179
Dec 2021	34,067
Mar 2022	36,583
Jun 2022	38,276
Sep 2022	39,486
Dec 2022	39,213

Transport, postal and warehousing, Chain volume measures

["","Seasonally adjusted Sales"]

[["Dec 2019","Mar 2020","Jun 2020","Sep 2020","Dec 2020","Mar 2021","Jun 2021","Sep 2021","Dec 2021","Mar 2022","Jun 2022","Sep 2022","Dec 2022"],[[36373],[34917],[28011],[29918],[31769],[34251],[35158],[33179],[34067],[36583],[38276],[39486],[39213]]]

[]

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[{"value":"0","axis_id":"0","axis_title":"$m","axis_units":"","tooltip_units":"(m)","table_units":"($m)","axis_min":null,"axis_max":null,"tick_interval":null,"precision":"-1","data_unit_prefix":"$","data_unit_suffix":"","reverse_axis":false}]

In chain volume measures, seasonally adjusted:

Sales of goods and services fell 0.7%

Information media and telecommunications

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Information media and telecommunications, Current prices
	Seasonally adjusted Wages ($m)	Seasonally adjusted CGOP ($m)
Dec 2019	3,264	4,647
Mar 2020	3,252	4,680
Jun 2020	3,134	4,422
Sep 2020	3,226	4,592
Dec 2020	3,265	5,060
Mar 2021	3,252	4,294
Jun 2021	3,298	4,387
Sep 2021	3,220	4,295
Dec 2021	3,275	4,680
Mar 2022	3,495	4,834
Jun 2022	3,676	4,552
Sep 2022	3,793	4,207
Dec 2022	3,751	4,442

Information media and telecommunications, Current prices

["","Seasonally adjusted Wages","Seasonally adjusted CGOP"]

[["Dec 2019","Mar 2020","Jun 2020","Sep 2020","Dec 2020","Mar 2021","Jun 2021","Sep 2021","Dec 2021","Mar 2022","Jun 2022","Sep 2022","Dec 2022"],[[3264],[3252],[3134],[3226],[3265],[3252],[3298],[3220],[3275],[3495],[3676],[3793],[3751]],[[4647],[4680],[4422],[4592],[5060],[4294],[4387],[4295],[4680],[4834],[4552],[4207],[4442]]]

[]

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[{"value":"0","axis_id":"0","axis_title":"$m","axis_units":"","tooltip_units":"(m)","table_units":"($m)","axis_min":null,"axis_max":null,"tick_interval":null,"precision":"-1","data_unit_prefix":"$","data_unit_suffix":"","reverse_axis":false}]

In current prices, seasonally adjusted:

Company gross operating profits rose 5.6%
Wages and salaries fell 1.1%

Sales of goods and services

Information media and telecommunications, Chain volume measures
	Seasonally adjusted Sales ($m)
Dec 2019	19,117
Mar 2020	19,048
Jun 2020	17,283
Sep 2020	18,088
Dec 2020	19,081
Mar 2021	18,954
Jun 2021	19,218
Sep 2021	19,265
Dec 2021	20,515
Mar 2022	21,139
Jun 2022	21,438
Sep 2022	21,905
Dec 2022	22,422

Information media and telecommunications, Chain volume measures

["","Seasonally adjusted Sales"]

[["Dec 2019","Mar 2020","Jun 2020","Sep 2020","Dec 2020","Mar 2021","Jun 2021","Sep 2021","Dec 2021","Mar 2022","Jun 2022","Sep 2022","Dec 2022"],[[19117],[19048],[17283],[18088],[19081],[18954],[19218],[19265],[20515],[21139],[21438],[21905],[22422]]]

[]

[{"axis_id":"0","tick_interval":"4","axis_min":"","axis_max":"","axis_title":"","precision":-1,"axis_units":"","tooltip_units":"","table_units":"","data_unit_prefix":"","data_unit_suffix":"","reverse_axis":false}]

[{"value":"0","axis_id":"0","axis_title":"$m","axis_units":"","tooltip_units":"(m)","table_units":"($m)","axis_min":null,"axis_max":null,"tick_interval":null,"precision":"-1","data_unit_prefix":"$","data_unit_suffix":"","reverse_axis":false}]

In chain volume measures, seasonally adjusted:

Sales of goods and services rose 2.4%

Financial and insurance services

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Financial and insurance services, Current prices
	Seasonally adjusted Wages ($m)	Seasonally adjusted CGOP ($m)
Dec 2019	10,324	907
Mar 2020	10,451	1,013
Jun 2020	10,766	845
Sep 2020	10,936	377
Dec 2020	11,134	891
Mar 2021	11,512	843
Jun 2021	11,765	1,120
Sep 2021	12,153	979
Dec 2021	11,968	2,098
Mar 2022	11,956	1,535
Jun 2022	12,056	912
Sep 2022	12,272	556
Dec 2022	12,804	679

Financial and insurance services, Current prices

["","Seasonally adjusted Wages","Seasonally adjusted CGOP"]

[["Dec 2019","Mar 2020","Jun 2020","Sep 2020","Dec 2020","Mar 2021","Jun 2021","Sep 2021","Dec 2021","Mar 2022","Jun 2022","Sep 2022","Dec 2022"],[[10324],[10451],[10766],[10936],[11134],[11512],[11765],[12153],[11968],[11956],[12056],[12272],[12804]],[[907],[1013],[845],[377],[891],[843],[1120],[979],[2098],[1535],[912],[556],[679]]]

[]

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[{"value":"0","axis_id":"0","axis_title":"$m","axis_units":"","tooltip_units":"(m)","table_units":"($m)","axis_min":null,"axis_max":null,"tick_interval":null,"precision":"-1","data_unit_prefix":"$","data_unit_suffix":"","reverse_axis":false}]

In current prices, seasonally adjusted:

Company gross operating profits rose 22.0%
Wages and salaries rose 4.3%

Sales of goods and services

Financial and insurance services, Chain volume measures
	Seasonally adjusted Sales ($m)
Dec 2019	14,667
Mar 2020	15,174
Jun 2020	13,871
Sep 2020	14,426
Dec 2020	15,282
Mar 2021	16,215
Jun 2021	16,026
Sep 2021	17,092
Dec 2021	18,815
Mar 2022	16,754
Jun 2022	16,378
Sep 2022	16,229
Dec 2022	16,325

Financial and insurance services, Chain volume measures

["","Seasonally adjusted Sales"]

[["Dec 2019","Mar 2020","Jun 2020","Sep 2020","Dec 2020","Mar 2021","Jun 2021","Sep 2021","Dec 2021","Mar 2022","Jun 2022","Sep 2022","Dec 2022"],[[14667],[15174],[13871],[14426],[15282],[16215],[16026],[17092],[18815],[16754],[16378],[16229],[16325]]]

[]

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[{"value":"0","axis_id":"0","axis_title":"$m","axis_units":"","tooltip_units":"(m)","table_units":"($m)","axis_min":null,"axis_max":null,"tick_interval":null,"precision":"-1","data_unit_prefix":"$","data_unit_suffix":"","reverse_axis":false}]

In chain volume measures, seasonally adjusted:

Sales of goods and services rose 0.6%

Rental, hiring and real estate services

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Rental, hiring and real estate services, Current prices
	Seasonally adjusted Wages ($m)	Seasonally adjusted CGOP ($m)
Dec 2019	3,827	5,367
Mar 2020	3,742	5,404
Jun 2020	3,697	5,872
Sep 2020	3,708	6,304
Dec 2020	3,820	6,035
Mar 2021	4,048	6,088
Jun 2021	4,235	5,809
Sep 2021	4,167	5,890
Dec 2021	4,277	7,175
Mar 2022	4,166	6,994
Jun 2022	4,253	6,351
Sep 2022	4,350	6,215
Dec 2022	4,366	5,673

Rental, hiring and real estate services, Current prices

["","Seasonally adjusted Wages","Seasonally adjusted CGOP"]

[["Dec 2019","Mar 2020","Jun 2020","Sep 2020","Dec 2020","Mar 2021","Jun 2021","Sep 2021","Dec 2021","Mar 2022","Jun 2022","Sep 2022","Dec 2022"],[[3827],[3742],[3697],[3708],[3820],[4048],[4235],[4167],[4277],[4166],[4253],[4350],[4366]],[[5367],[5404],[5872],[6304],[6035],[6088],[5809],[5890],[7175],[6994],[6351],[6215],[5673]]]

[]

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[{"value":"0","axis_id":"0","axis_title":"$m","axis_units":"","tooltip_units":"(m)","table_units":"($m)","axis_min":null,"axis_max":null,"tick_interval":null,"precision":"-1","data_unit_prefix":"$","data_unit_suffix":"","reverse_axis":false}]

In current prices, seasonally adjusted:

Company gross operating profits fell 8.7%
Wages and salaries rose 0.4%

Sales of goods and services

Rental, hiring and real estate services, Chain volume measures
	Seasonally adjusted Sales ($m)
Dec 2019	25,768
Mar 2020	25,569
Jun 2020	21,825
Sep 2020	23,472
Dec 2020	24,577
Mar 2021	26,189
Jun 2021	26,605
Sep 2021	26,469
Dec 2021	26,939
Mar 2022	26,613
Jun 2022	26,882
Sep 2022	26,981
Dec 2022	27,251

Rental, hiring and real estate services, Chain volume measures

["","Seasonally adjusted Sales"]

[["Dec 2019","Mar 2020","Jun 2020","Sep 2020","Dec 2020","Mar 2021","Jun 2021","Sep 2021","Dec 2021","Mar 2022","Jun 2022","Sep 2022","Dec 2022"],[[25768],[25569],[21825],[23472],[24577],[26189],[26605],[26469],[26939],[26613],[26882],[26981],[27251]]]

[]

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[{"value":"0","axis_id":"0","axis_title":"$m","axis_units":"","tooltip_units":"(m)","table_units":"($m)","axis_min":null,"axis_max":null,"tick_interval":null,"precision":"-1","data_unit_prefix":"$","data_unit_suffix":"","reverse_axis":false}]

In chain volume measures, seasonally adjusted:

Sales of goods and services rose 1.0%

Professional, scientific and technical services

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Professional, scientific and technical services, Current prices
	Seasonally adjusted Wages ($m)	Seasonally adjusted CGOP ($m)
Dec 2019	19,124	5,088
Mar 2020	19,310	5,434
Jun 2020	19,014	8,294
Sep 2020	19,334	9,141
Dec 2020	19,638	6,832
Mar 2021	20,267	6,195
Jun 2021	20,444	6,600
Sep 2021	21,111	7,121
Dec 2021	21,607	7,980
Mar 2022	21,992	5,192
Jun 2022	22,482	5,022
Sep 2022	23,390	5,790
Dec 2022	23,673	6,911

Professional, scientific and technical services, Current prices

["","Seasonally adjusted Wages","Seasonally adjusted CGOP"]

[["Dec 2019","Mar 2020","Jun 2020","Sep 2020","Dec 2020","Mar 2021","Jun 2021","Sep 2021","Dec 2021","Mar 2022","Jun 2022","Sep 2022","Dec 2022"],[[19124],[19310],[19014],[19334],[19638],[20267],[20444],[21111],[21607],[21992],[22482],[23390],[23673]],[[5088],[5434],[8294],[9141],[6832],[6195],[6600],[7121],[7980],[5192],[5022],[5790],[6911]]]

[]

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[{"value":"0","axis_id":"0","axis_title":"$m","axis_units":"","tooltip_units":"(m)","table_units":"($m)","axis_min":null,"axis_max":null,"tick_interval":null,"precision":"-1","data_unit_prefix":"$","data_unit_suffix":"","reverse_axis":false}]

In current prices, seasonally adjusted:

Company gross operating profits rose 19.4%
Wages and salaries rose 1.2%

Sales of goods and services

Professional, scientific and technical services, Chain volume measures
	Seasonally adjusted Sales ($m)
Dec 2019	55,652
Mar 2020	55,981
Jun 2020	53,179
Sep 2020	54,407
Dec 2020	56,327
Mar 2021	56,706
Jun 2021	56,802
Sep 2021	56,794
Dec 2021	59,575
Mar 2022	61,530
Jun 2022	62,051
Sep 2022	63,357
Dec 2022	62,338

Professional, scientific and technical services, Chain volume measures

["","Seasonally adjusted Sales"]

[["Dec 2019","Mar 2020","Jun 2020","Sep 2020","Dec 2020","Mar 2021","Jun 2021","Sep 2021","Dec 2021","Mar 2022","Jun 2022","Sep 2022","Dec 2022"],[[55652],[55981],[53179],[54407],[56327],[56706],[56802],[56794],[59575],[61530],[62051],[63357],[62338]]]

[]

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[{"value":"0","axis_id":"0","axis_title":"$m","axis_units":"","tooltip_units":"(m)","table_units":"($m)","axis_min":null,"axis_max":null,"tick_interval":null,"precision":"-1","data_unit_prefix":"$","data_unit_suffix":"","reverse_axis":false}]

In chain volume measures, seasonally adjusted:

Sales of goods and services fell 1.6%

Administrative and support services

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Administrative and support services, Current prices
	Seasonally adjusted Wages ($m)	Seasonally adjusted CGOP ($m)
Dec 2019	11,553	1,393
Mar 2020	11,540	1,259
Jun 2020	10,556	2,892
Sep 2020	10,924	3,288
Dec 2020	11,083	2,211
Mar 2021	11,156	1,812
Jun 2021	11,467	2,050
Sep 2021	11,875	1,625
Dec 2021	12,009	1,413
Mar 2022	12,125	1,129
Jun 2022	12,243	1,105
Sep 2022	12,594	1,189
Dec 2022	13,004	1,448

Administrative and support services, Current prices

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In current prices, seasonally adjusted:

Company gross operating profits rose 21.8%
Wages and salaries rose 3.3%

Sales of goods and services

Administrative and support services, Chain volume measures
	Seasonally adjusted Sales ($m)
Dec 2019	23,774
Mar 2020	23,045
Jun 2020	18,796
Sep 2020	18,811
Dec 2020	20,350
Mar 2021	20,812
Jun 2021	22,096
Sep 2021	21,867
Dec 2021	23,034
Mar 2022	23,281
Jun 2022	23,584
Sep 2022	24,061
Dec 2022	24,635

Administrative and support services, Chain volume measures

["","Seasonally adjusted Sales"]

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In chain volume measures, seasonally adjusted:

Sales of goods and services rose 2.4%

Education and training

Education and training, Current prices
	Seasonally adjusted Wages ($m)
Dec 2019	5,115
Mar 2020	5,076
Jun 2020	5,006
Sep 2020	5,036
Dec 2020	5,087
Mar 2021	5,118
Jun 2021	5,167
Sep 2021	4,989
Dec 2021	5,054
Mar 2022	5,180
Jun 2022	5,377
Sep 2022	5,532
Dec 2022	5,485

Health care and social assistance

Health care and social assistance, Current prices
	Seasonally adjusted Wages ($m)
Dec 2019	14,394
Mar 2020	14,595
Jun 2020	14,447
Sep 2020	15,185
Dec 2020	15,543
Mar 2021	16,109
Jun 2021	16,086
Sep 2021	16,332
Dec 2021	16,415
Mar 2022	16,774
Jun 2022	17,172
Sep 2022	17,612
Dec 2022	17,996

Arts and recreation services

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Arts and recreation services, Current prices
	Seasonally adjusted Wages ($m)	Seasonally adjusted CGOP ($m)
Dec 2019	1,821	1,187
Mar 2020	1,765	1,133
Jun 2020	1,503	2,176
Sep 2020	1,604	2,479
Dec 2020	1,581	1,960
Mar 2021	1,678	1,237
Jun 2021	1,731	1,133
Sep 2021	1,386	1,108
Dec 2021	1,616	1,092
Mar 2022	1,734	1,036
Jun 2022	1,865	1,045
Sep 2022	1,929	771
Dec 2022	2,071	955

Arts and recreation services, Current prices

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In current prices, seasonally adjusted:

Company gross operating profits rose 23.8%
Wages and salaries rose 7.4%

Sales of goods and services

Arts and recreation services, Chain volume measures
	Seasonally adjusted Sales ($m)
Dec 2019	8,572
Mar 2020	8,191
Jun 2020	5,108
Sep 2020	6,547
Dec 2020	7,352
Mar 2021	7,937
Jun 2021	7,921
Sep 2021	7,150
Dec 2021	8,179
Mar 2022	8,706
Jun 2022	9,244
Sep 2022	9,003
Dec 2022	9,292

Arts and recreation services, Chain volume measures

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In chain volume measures, seasonally adjusted:

Sales of goods and services rose 3.2%

Other services

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Other services, Current prices
	Seasonally adjusted Wages ($m)	Seasonally adjusted CGOP ($m)
Dec 2019	4,641	840
Mar 2020	4,547	909
Jun 2020	4,444	3,397
Sep 2020	4,529	3,811
Dec 2020	4,615	2,626
Mar 2021	4,746	1,294
Jun 2021	4,822	1,752
Sep 2021	4,507	1,664
Dec 2021	4,799	1,725
Mar 2022	4,925	2,024
Jun 2022	5,103	1,900
Sep 2022	5,310	1,565
Dec 2022	5,277	2,146

Other services, Current prices

["","Seasonally adjusted Wages","Seasonally adjusted CGOP"]

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In current prices, seasonally adjusted:

Company gross operating profits rose 37.1%
Wages and salaries fell 0.6%

Sales of goods and services

Other services, Chain volume measures
	Seasonally adjusted Sales ($m)
Dec 2019	14,713
Mar 2020	14,126
Jun 2020	12,047
Sep 2020	12,716
Dec 2020	13,817
Mar 2021	14,615
Jun 2021	14,974
Sep 2021	13,025
Dec 2021	15,120
Mar 2022	15,017
Jun 2022	15,303
Sep 2022	15,238
Dec 2022	15,835

Other services, Chain volume measures

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In chain volume measures, seasonally adjusted:

Sales of goods and services rose 3.9%

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Table 1. Inventories, chain volume measures
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Table 2. Inventories, chain volume measures, percentage change from previous quarter
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Table 3. Inventories, current prices
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Table 4. Income from sales of goods and services, chain volume measures
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Table 5. Income from sales of goods and services, chain volume measures, percentage change from previous quarter
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Table 6. Income from sales of goods and services, current prices
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Table 7. Income from sales of goods and services by state, current prices
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Table 8. Income from sales of goods and services by state, current prices, percentage change from previous quarter
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Table 9. Company profits before income tax, current prices
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Table 10. Company profits before income tax, current prices, percentage change from previous quarter
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Table 11. Company gross operating profits, current prices
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Table 12. Company gross operating profits, current prices, percentage change from previous quarter
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Table 13. Unincorporated gross operating profits, current prices
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Table 15. Business gross operating profits, current prices
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Table 17. Wages and salaries, current prices
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Table 18. Wages and salaries, current prices, percentage change from the previous quarter
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Table 19. Wages and salaries by state, current prices
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Table 20. Wages and salaries by state, current prices, percentage change from previous quarter
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Table 21. Sales/wages and salaries ratio, current prices, original
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Table 22. Business gross operating profits/sales ratio, current prices, original
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Table 23. Inventories/sales ratio, current prices, original
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Table 24. Manufacturing subdivision, income from sales of goods and services, chain volume measures
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Table 26. Manufacturing subdivision, inventories, chain volume measures
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Table 27. Manufacturing subdivision, inventories, current prices
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Business Indicators - Quarterly estimates of private sector sales, wages, profits and inventories

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07/03/2023: Table 28 - Manufacturing subdivision, company profits before income tax, current prices and Table 29 - Manufacturing subdivision, company gross operating profits, current prices, were not released on Monday 27 February due to an error in the compilation of the spreadsheets that has now been resolved. These tables are now available under the Data Downloads section.

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Key statistics

Key data items

Inventories

Company gross operating profits

Notes on release

Comparison between company gross operating profits and gross operating surplus

Suspension of trend series

Analysis by industry

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Total all industries

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Inventories

Mining

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Sales of goods and services | Inventories

Manufacturing

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Sales of goods and services | Inventories

Electricity, gas, water and waste services

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Sales of goods and services | Inventories

Construction

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Sales of goods and services

Wholesale trade

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Sales of goods and services | Inventories

Retail trade

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Sales of goods and services | Inventories

Accommodation and food services

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Sales of goods and services | Inventories

Transport, postal and warehousing

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Sales of goods and services

Information media and telecommunications

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Sales of goods and services

Financial and insurance services

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Sales of goods and services

Rental, hiring and real estate services

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Sales of goods and services

Professional, scientific and technical services

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Sales of goods and services

Administrative and support services

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Sales of goods and services

Education and training

Wages and salaries

Health care and social assistance

Wages and salaries

Arts and recreation services

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Sales of goods and services

Other services

Company gross operating profits | Wages and salaries

Sales of goods and services

Data downloads

Time series spreadsheets

Table 1. Inventories, chain volume measures

Table 2. Inventories, chain volume measures, percentage change from previous quarter

Table 3. Inventories, current prices

Table 4. Income from sales of goods and services, chain volume measures

Table 5. Income from sales of goods and services, chain volume measures, percentage change from previous quarter

Table 6. Income from sales of goods and services, current prices

Table 7. Income from sales of goods and services by state, current prices

Table 8. Income from sales of goods and services by state, current prices, percentage change from previous quarter

Table 9. Company profits before income tax, current prices

Table 10. Company profits before income tax, current prices, percentage change from previous quarter

Table 11. Company gross operating profits, current prices

Table 12. Company gross operating profits, current prices, percentage change from previous quarter

Table 13. Unincorporated gross operating profits, current prices

Table 14. Unincorporated gross operating profits, current prices, percentage change from previous quarter

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