Australia Second Quarter GDP: Summary (Table)

By Daniel Petrie

Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a summary of Australia's key GDP figures for the second quarter, seasonally adjusted, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in Sydney.

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                                 2Q     1Q     4Q     3Q     2Q     1Q     4Q
                               2008   2008   2007   2007   2007   2007   2006
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GDP QoQ                         0.3%   0.7%   0.7%   1.1%   0.8%   1.5%   1.0%
GDP YoY                         2.7%   3.3%   4.2%   4.5%   4.2%   3.8%   2.7%
                             -------------------- QoQ% ----------------------
GDP per capita                 -0.1%   0.3%   0.3%   0.7%   0.5%   1.1%   0.7%
GDP chain price index           4.0%   1.4%   0.7%   0.3%   0.9%   1.1%   0.9%
Terms of trade                 13.1%   1.5%   1.3%  -0.5%  -0.2%   1.6%   2.2%
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Gross national expenditure      0.4%   1.2%   1.4%   1.2%   1.0%   2.3%   1.8%
Domestic demand                0.9%   1.1%   1.5%   0.8%   1.5%   1.7%   1.4%
Goods/Services Exports         2.7%   1.9%  -0.7%   2.1%   0.2%   0.8%   0.9%
Goods/Services Imports         2.2%   4.3%   3.2%   2.7%   1.7%   2.3%   5.9%
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                                 2Q     1Q     4Q     3Q     2Q     1Q     4Q
                               2008   2008   2007   2007   2007   2007   2006
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                             -------------------- QoQ% ----------------------
Consumption                     0.2%   0.6%   1.4%   1.1%   0.5%   1.2%   0.9%
Household                     -0.1%   0.6%   1.4%   1.0%   0.6%   1.3%   1.6%
General Govt                   1.2%   0.6%   1.4%   1.4%   0.2%   0.8%  -1.2%
 National                      1.0%   0.0%   2.4%   1.7%  -0.7%   1.7%  -3.2%
  Defence                      2.5%  -1.5%   7.0%   4.5%  -5.3%   6.0% -17.0%
  Non-defence                  0.5%   0.5%   1.1%   1.0%   0.7%   0.5%   1.6%
 State & local                 1.3%   1.0%   0.8%   1.1%   0.8%   0.2%   0.1%
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Gross Fixed capital formation   2.9%   2.2%   1.7%   0.0%   4.1%   3.3%   2.5%
Private capital formation      3.0%   1.4%   0.8%   1.5%   2.3%   6.2%   1.3%
 Total machinery/equipment    11.3%  -0.3%   3.8%  -0.1%   5.5%   6.8%  -1.7%
  New                         10.1%  -0.3%   3.8%  -0.6%   5.2%   6.3%  -1.2%
 Non-dwelling construction    -2.8%   5.2%  -2.2%   5.5%  -0.8%  12.0%   3.4%
  New building                -0.6%   2.0%  -2.4%  11.4%  -3.4%   2.9%   6.0%
  New engineering             -5.4%   9.9%  -2.0%  -1.7%   3.0%  14.3%   6.2%
 Livestock                     0.0%   0.0%   0.0%  10.0%   0.0%   0.0%   0.0%
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                                 2Q     1Q     4Q     3Q     2Q     1Q     4Q
                               2008   2008   2007   2007   2007   2007   2006
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                             -------------------- QoQ% ----------------------
 Business investment           4.6%   2.3%   1.2%   2.4%   3.1%   8.6%   0.7%
  Computer software            3.1%   1.6%   3.1%   0.0%   0.0%   0.0%   2.2%
  Mineral exploration          0.8%  10.1%   2.1%   0.0%   0.0%   0.0%   4.8%
  Art                          0.7%   1.2%   2.4%   0.0%   0.0%   0.0%   2.5%
 Intangible fixed assets       2.3%   4.0%   2.8%   1.4%   8.7%   5.0%   2.9%
 Dwelling                      0.5%   0.6%   0.2%   1.2%  -1.9%   0.5%   3.6%
  New                          1.6%   1.2%  -0.8%   1.0%  -2.7%   1.7%   3.0%
  Alterations                 -0.8%   0.0%   1.3%   1.5%  -0.8%  -0.9%   4.3%
 Ownership transfer costs     -4.5%  -4.0%  -1.9%  -4.9%  10.7%   6.8%  -2.8%
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Public capital formation       2.4%   6.2%   6.9%  -7.8%  14.6% -11.1%   9.3%
 Public corporations           1.2%   4.1%   2.0%   1.5%  12.1% -10.4%   1.8%
  Commonwealth               -32.6%  13.5%  12.7%  11.2%  25.6% -84.8%  30.8%
  State & local                3.3%   3.6%   1.4%   1.0%  11.6%  12.9%  -4.8%
 General govt                  3.1%   7.7%  10.5% -13.5%  16.1% -11.5%  14.7%
  National                   -17.9%  45.3%   2.9% -23.6%  28.2% -24.7%  25.5%
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                                 2Q     1Q     4Q     3Q     2Q     1Q     4Q
                               2008   2008   2007   2007   2007   2007   2006
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                             -------------------- QoQ% ----------------------
   National defense          -45.9% 178.7%  -7.0% -47.9%  16.3% -44.4%  60.5%
   National non-defence        7.1%   1.8%   6.6%  -7.4%  37.6%   4.1%  -5.0%
  State & local               11.8%  -2.7%  12.8%  -9.9%  12.4%  -6.4%  11.0%
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Note: Figures are seasonally adjusted. Reference year for chain volume

measures is 2005-06. Year-on-year GDP growth figures are calculated

by Bloomberg.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics

To contact the reporter on this story: Daniel Petrie in Sydney at dpetrie5@bloomberg.net