Australia Unemployment Rate

1978 - 2020 | Monthly | % | Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australia Unemployment Rate increased to 7.00 % in Oct 2020, from the previously reported number of 6.91 % in Sep 2020. Australia Unemployment Rate is updated monthly, available from Feb 1978 to Oct 2020, with an average rate of 6.25 %. The data reached an all-time high of 11.22 % in Dec 1992 and a record low of 3.98 % in Feb 2008. The data is reported by reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics.

In the latest reports, Australia Population reached 25.54 million people in Dec 2019. Monthly Earnings of Australia stood at 3,426.20 USD in May 2020. The country's Labour Force Participation Rate increased to 65.50 % in Oct 2020.

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Last	Previous	Min	Max	Unit	Frequency	Range
7.00 Oct 2020	6.91 Sep 2020	3.98 Feb 2008	11.22 Dec 1992	%	monthly	Feb 1978 - Oct 2020

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country/region	Last	Frequency	Range
Albania (%)	11.80 Dec 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Dec 2020
Algeria (%)	11.70 Sep 2017	quarterly	Jun 2014 - Sep 2017
Argentina (%)	13.10 Jun 2020	quarterly	Dec 2002 - Jun 2020
Armenia (%)	18.10 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Sep 2020
Australia (%)	7.00 Oct 2020	monthly	Feb 1978 - Oct 2020
Austria (%)	5.52 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Sep 2020
Azerbaijan (%)	6.94 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Sep 2020
Bahrain (%)	4.30 2016	yearly	1991 - 2016
Bangladesh (%)	5.30 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Belarus (%)	0.20 Jan 2021	monthly	Oct 2004 - Jan 2021
Belgium (%)	5.20 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1983 - Sep 2020
Bolivia (%)	3.40 2017	yearly	1999 - 2017
Bosnia and Herzegovina (%)	15.70 2019	yearly	2006 - 2019
Botswana (%)	18.72 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Brazil (%)	14.20 Jan 2021	monthly	Mar 2012 - Jan 2021
Brunei (%)	8.37 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Bulgaria (%)	5.20 Dec 2020	quarterly	Mar 2000 - Dec 2020
Cambodia (%)	0.10 2017	yearly	2007 - 2017
Canada (%)	8.90 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1976 - Oct 2020
Chile (%)	11.60 Oct 2020	monthly	Mar 2009 - Oct 2020
China (%)	4.24 Dec 2020	quarterly	Dec 1999 - Dec 2020
Colombia (%)	15.77 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2001 - Sep 2020
Croatia (%)	9.20 Dec 2020	quarterly	Mar 2000 - Dec 2020
Cyprus (%)	8.00 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Sep 2020
Czech Republic (%)	2.79 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1993 - Sep 2020
Denmark (%)	5.80 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 2007 - Oct 2020
Ecuador (%)	4.96 Dec 2020	quarterly	Dec 2013 - Dec 2020
Egypt (%)	7.20 Dec 2020	quarterly	Mar 2003 - Dec 2020
Estonia (%)	7.70 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1989 - Sep 2020
European Union (%)	6.20 Jan 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Jan 2020
Finland (%)	8.20 Dec 2020	monthly	Jan 1988 - Dec 2020
France (%)	8.00 Dec 2020	quarterly	Mar 1975 - Dec 2020
Georgia (%)	11.57 2019	yearly	1991 - 2019
Germany (%)	4.50 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1991 - Sep 2020
Ghana (%)	4.51 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Greece (%)	16.80 Aug 2020	monthly	Apr 1998 - Aug 2020
Hong Kong SAR, China (%)	6.40 Oct 2020	monthly	Oct 1981 - Oct 2020
Hungary (%)	4.30 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 2000 - Oct 2020
Iceland (%)	5.60 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Sep 2020
India (%)	7.11 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Indonesia (%)	7.07 2020	yearly	1984 - 2020
Iran (%)	10.60 Mar 2020	quarterly	Jun 2001 - Mar 2020
Ireland (%)	7.30 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1998 - Oct 2020
Israel (%)	4.71 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 2012 - Oct 2020
Italy (%)	8.99 Dec 2020	monthly	Jan 1983 - Dec 2020
Ivory Coast (%)	3.50 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Japan (%)	3.00 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1953 - Sep 2020
Jordan (%)	23.00 May 2020	quarterly	Feb 2000 - May 2020
Kazakhstan (%)	5.00 Jul 2020	monthly	Jan 2001 - Jul 2020
Kenya (%)	2.98 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
South Korea (%)	4.00 Feb 2021	monthly	Jun 1999 - Feb 2021
Kosovo (%)	29.10 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2016 - Mar 2020
Kuwait (%)	2.09 2018	yearly	1999 - 2018
Kyrgyzstan (%)	5.50 2019	yearly	1992 - 2019
Laos (%)	0.95 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Latvia (%)	8.00 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1998 - Oct 2020
Lebanon (%)	11.35 2018	yearly	2004 - 2018
Lithuania (%)	10.40 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1998 - Oct 2020
Luxembourg (%)	6.28 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1995 - Oct 2020
Macau SAR, China (%)	2.70 Jan 2021	monthly	Sep 1996 - Jan 2021
North Macedonia (%)	16.14 Dec 2020	quarterly	Mar 2004 - Dec 2020
Malawi (%)	6.60 2013	yearly	2005 - 2013
Malaysia (%)	5.40 May 2020	monthly	Jan 2016 - May 2020
Malta (%)	4.60 Sep 2020	quarterly	Dec 2000 - Sep 2020
Mauritius (%)	7.10 Mar 2020	quarterly	Mar 2004 - Mar 2020
Mexico (%)	3.26 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2005 - Mar 2020
Moldova (%)	4.22 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 1999 - Jun 2020
Mongolia (%)	7.57 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 2006 - Dec 2020
Montenegro (%)	19.00 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Sep 2020
Morocco (%)	12.20 Dec 2020	quarterly	Mar 1999 - Dec 2020
Mozambique (%)	3.24 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Myanmar (%)	1.79 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Nepal (%)	4.44 2020	yearly	1991 - 2020
Netherlands (%)	3.80 Mar 2020	monthly	Jan 2003 - Mar 2020
New Zealand (%)	4.90 Dec 2020	quarterly	Mar 1986 - Dec 2020
Nigeria (%)	27.11 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2020
Norway (%)	5.20 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1989 - Sep 2020
Oman (%)	2.80 Oct 2020	monthly	Mar 2018 - Oct 2020
Pakistan (%)	5.79 2018	yearly	1980 - 2018
Palestinian Territory (%)	23.40 Dec 2020	quarterly	Mar 1998 - Dec 2020
Panama (%)	7.10 2019	yearly	2003 - 2019
Paraguay (%)	8.16 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 2017 - Sep 2020
Peru (%)	16.43 Oct 2020	monthly	Mar 2001 - Oct 2020
Philippines (%)	10.00 Jul 2020	quarterly	Jul 1982 - Jul 2020
Poland (%)	6.10 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1990 - Oct 2020
Portugal (%)	7.50 Oct 2020	monthly	Feb 1998 - Oct 2020
Qatar (%)	0.10 2019	yearly	1997 - 2019
Romania (%)	5.70 Feb 2021	monthly	Jan 1997 - Feb 2021
Russia (%)	6.35 Sep 2020	monthly	Jan 1994 - Sep 2020
Saudi Arabia (%)	8.98 Jun 2020	quarterly	Mar 2012 - Jun 2020
Serbia (%)	9.90 Dec 2020	quarterly	Mar 2014 - Dec 2020
Singapore (%)	3.60 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1987 - Sep 2020
Slovakia (%)	7.35 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 2006 - Oct 2020
Slovenia (%)	5.10 Dec 2020	quarterly	Jun 1997 - Dec 2020
South Africa (%)	32.50 Dec 2020	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Dec 2020
Spain (%)	16.13 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1976 - Dec 2020
Sri Lanka (%)	5.20 Dec 2020	quarterly	Jun 2012 - Dec 2020
Sudan (%)	20.30 2010	yearly	1993 - 2010
Sweden (%)	8.91 Oct 2020	monthly	Jan 1983 - Oct 2020
Switzerland (%)	5.01 Dec 2020	monthly	Jan 1991 - Dec 2020

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Government and Public Finance	Last	Frequency	Range
Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%)	-11.5 Sep 2020	quarterly	Jun 2003 - Sep 2020
Consolidated Fiscal Balance (USD mn)	-37,649.347 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 2002 - Dec 2020
Tax Revenue (USD mn)	107,765.303 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 2002 - Dec 2020
Tax Revenue: % of GDP (%)	26.2 Sep 2020	quarterly	Sep 2002 - Sep 2020
National Government Debt (USD mn)	474,369.8 2019	yearly	1999 - 2019
Government Debt: % of GDP (%)	34.7 2019	yearly	1999 - 2019
Forecast: Government Expenditure (AUD bn)	947.776 2026	yearly	1988 - 2026
Forecast: Government Net Debt (AUD bn)	1,948.850 2026	yearly	1989 - 2026
Forecast: Government Revenue (AUD bn)	878.603 2026	yearly	1988 - 2026
DOT Forecast: Budget Aggregates: Revenue (AUD bn)	538.100 2024	yearly	1997 - 2024
DOT Forecast: Budget Aggregates: Expenses (AUD bn)	596.600 2024	yearly	1997 - 2024
AU: General Government: Financial Liabilities (AUD mn)	2,029,640.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Jun 1999 - Dec 2020

Foreign Trade	Last	Frequency	Range
Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%)	1.912 2026	yearly	1980 - 2026
Trade Balance (USD mn)	7,835.7 Jan 2021	monthly	Jul 1971 - Jan 2021
Total Exports (USD mn)	26,957.6 Jan 2021	monthly	Jul 1971 - Jan 2021
Total Exports Growth (%)	1.5 Dec 2020	monthly	Jul 1972 - Dec 2020
Aluminum: Exports (USD th)	3,251,109.197 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Exports: Medicament (USD th)	2,023,961.155 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th)	2,315,813.192 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Total Imports (USD mn)	19,972.1 Nov 2020	monthly	Jul 1971 - Nov 2020
Total Imports Growth (%)	10.8 Feb 2021	monthly	Jul 1972 - Feb 2021
Imports: Medicament (USD th)	5,680,327.878 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th)	3,573,587.090 2019	yearly	1995 - 2019
Total Exports to USA (USD mn)	1,398.692 Dec 2020	monthly	Jan 1988 - Dec 2020
Total Imports from USA (USD mn)	1,874.247 Oct 2020	monthly	Apr 1969 - Oct 2020
Total Exports to China (USD mn)	9,615.780 Jan 2021	monthly	Apr 1969 - Jan 2021
Total Imports from China (USD mn)	5,278.242 Feb 2021	monthly	Jan 1988 - Feb 2021
Export: Services (AUD mn)	5,080.000 Jan 2021	monthly	Jul 1971 - Jan 2021
Import: Services (AUD mn)	3,811.000 Jan 2021	monthly	Jul 1971 - Jan 2021
Trade Balance: sa: Goods & Services (AUD mn)	10,142.000 Jan 2021	monthly	Jul 1971 - Jan 2021
Import: Goods (AUD mn)	24,241.000 Jan 2021	monthly	Jul 1971 - Jan 2021
Trade Balance: Goods & Services (AUD mn)	9,255.000 Jan 2021	monthly	Jul 1971 - Jan 2021
Import: Goods & Services (AUD mn)	28,052.000 Jan 2021	monthly	Jul 1971 - Jan 2021
Import: sa: Goods & Services (AUD mn)	29,707.000 Jan 2021	monthly	Jul 1971 - Jan 2021
Import: sa: Goods (AUD mn)	25,796.000 Jan 2021	monthly	Jul 1971 - Jan 2021
Import: sa: Services (AUD mn)	3,911.000 Jan 2021	monthly	Jul 1971 - Jan 2021
Export: sa: Goods & Services (AUD mn)	39,849.000 Jan 2021	monthly	Jul 1971 - Jan 2021
Export: Goods & Services (AUD mn)	37,307.000 Jan 2021	monthly	Jul 1971 - Jan 2021
Export: sa: Goods (AUD mn)	34,892.000 Jan 2021	monthly	Jul 1971 - Jan 2021
Export: Goods (AUD mn)	32,227.000 Jan 2021	monthly	Jul 1971 - Jan 2021
Export: sa: Services (AUD mn)	4,957.000 Jan 2021	monthly	Jul 1971 - Jan 2021
DOT Forecast: Exports: Goods and Services: YoY (%)	2.000 2022	yearly	1997 - 2022
DOT Forecast: Imports: Goods and Services: YoY (%)	8.500 2022	yearly	1997 - 2022
Export: Value: Coal, whether or not Pulverized, but not Agglomerated (AUD mn)	3,398.000 Jan 2021	monthly	Jan 1988 - Jan 2021
Terms of Trade Index (2016-2017=100)	106.800 Dec 2018	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2018

Balance of Payments	Last	Frequency	Range
Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn)	1,834.0 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
Current Account Balance (USD mn)	10,607.2 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%)	2.9 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn)	6,008.1 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%)	1.6 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn)	43,430.992 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1988 - Dec 2020
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Debt Securities (USD mn)	41,476.510 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1988 - Dec 2020
Foreign Portfolio Investment: Equity Securities (USD mn)	4,667.0 Sep 2020	quarterly	Sep 1988 - Sep 2020
Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%)	11.2 Sep 2020	quarterly	Sep 1988 - Sep 2020
External Debt (USD mn)	1,833,532.1 Sep 2020	quarterly	Sep 1988 - Sep 2020
External Debt: % of GDP (%)	129.9 2020	yearly	1988 - 2020
External Debt: Short Term (USD mn)	334,767.2 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1988 - Dec 2020
External Debt: Short Term: % of GDP (%)	22.0 2020	yearly	1988 - 2020
Total Debt: % of GDP (%)	111.3 Sep 2020	quarterly	Jun 1988 - Sep 2020
Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn)	-24.352 2026	yearly	1980 - 2026
Net International Investment Position (USD mn)	-730,210.355 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1988 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: Goods & Services: Goods (AUD mn)	11,845.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Capital & Financial Account: Financial Account: Direct Investment (AUD mn)	5,716.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: sa: Goods & Services: Services: Credits (AUD mn)	15,366.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account (AUD mn)	12,751.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: Income: Primary Income: Credits (AUD mn)	16,238.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: sa: Goods & Services: Services (AUD mn)	3,872.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: sa: Income: Primary Income: Debits (AUD mn)	-18,987.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: sa: Income: Primary Income (AUD mn)	-3,167.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: Income: Credits: Secondary Income (AUD mn)	2,346.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: sa: Goods: Debits (AUD mn)	-78,753.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: Income: Primary Income: Debits (AUD mn)	-19,097.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Capital & Financial Account: Capital Account (AUD mn)	-179.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: Goods & Services: Goods: Credits (AUD mn)	94,958.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: sa: Goods & Services: Goods (AUD mn)	14,253.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: sa: Income: Secondary Income (AUD mn)	-434.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: sa: Goods: Credits (AUD mn)	93,005.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: Income: Secondary Income (AUD mn)	-81.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Capital & Financial Account: Financial Account (AUD mn)	-9,820.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: Income: Debits: Secondary Income (AUD mn)	-2,427.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: sa (AUD mn)	14,523.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: sa: Income: Secondary Income: Credits (AUD mn)	2,339.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: Goods & Services: Goods: Debits (AUD mn)	-83,113.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: Goods & Services: Services: Debits (AUD mn)	-11,907.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: Income: Primary Income (AUD mn)	-2,858.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: sa: Income: Primary Income: Credits (AUD mn)	15,821.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: sa: Income: Secondary Income: Debits (AUD mn)	-2,773.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: sa: Goods & Services: Services: Debits (AUD mn)	-11,494.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Capital & Financial Account: Financial Account: Financial Derivatives: Liab... (AUD mn)	-37,483.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1994 - Dec 2020
BOP: Capital & Financial Account: Financial Account: Direct Investment: Abroad (AUD mn)	-2,511.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Capital & Financial Account: Reserve Assets (AUD mn)	781.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Capital & Financial Account: Financial Account: Other Investment (AUD mn)	6,209.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Capital & Financial Account: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Liabi... (AUD mn)	59,464.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1988 - Dec 2020
BOP: Capital & Financial Account: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Asset... (AUD mn)	-71,281.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1988 - Dec 2020
BOP: Capital & Financial Account: Financial Account: Financial Derivatives (AUD mn)	-10,710.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1994 - Dec 2020
BOP: Capital & Financial Account: Financial Account: Financial Derivatives: Asse... (AUD mn)	26,773.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1994 - Dec 2020
BOP: Capital & Financial Account: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment (AUD mn)	-11,817.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: Goods & Services: Services (AUD mn)	3,845.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Capital & Financial Account: Financial Account: Direct Investment: in Austr... (AUD mn)	8,226.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Capital & Financial Account: Financial Account: Other Investment: Assets (AUD mn)	24,708.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1988 - Dec 2020
BOP: Capital & Financial Account: Financial Account: Other Investment: Liabiliti... (AUD mn)	-18,499.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1988 - Dec 2020
BOP: Current Account: Goods & Services: Services: Credits (AUD mn)	15,752.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
BOP: Net Errors & Omissions (AUD mn)	-2,751.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1959 - Dec 2020
External Debt: Gross (AUD mn)	2,084,046.000 Dec 2018	quarterly	Sep 1988 - Dec 2018
DOT Forecast: Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%)	-1.500 2022	yearly	1997 - 2022
International Investment Position: Assets (AUD mn)	-3,101,537.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1988 - Dec 2020
IIP: Liabilities: Foreign Liabilities (AUD mn)	4,048,755.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1988 - Dec 2020
External Debt: Liabilities: Public Sector (AUD mn)	596,735.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1988 - Dec 2020
External Debt: Liabilities: Private Sector (AUD mn)	1,964,918.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1988 - Dec 2020
External Debt: Net (AUD mn)	1,165,347.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1988 - Dec 2020
No of Company: New Registered: All Industries (Unit)	344,472.000 2020	yearly	2008 - 2020
No of Company: Operating: End of Financial Year: All Industries (Unit)	2,422,404.000 2020	yearly	2008 - 2020
Funds Outflow: Total All Countries (AUD mn)	1,975.000 2019	yearly	2001 - 2019
Funds Outflow: New Zealand (AUD mn)	-4,592.000 2019	yearly	2001 - 2019
Funds Outflow: United Kingdom (AUD mn)	58,801.000 2019	yearly	2001 - 2019
Funds Outflow: United States of America (AUD mn)	-14,468.000 2019	yearly	2001 - 2019
Funds Outflow: Canada (AUD mn)	163.000 2019	yearly	2001 - 2019
Funds Outflow: Germany (AUD mn)	-2,162.000 2019	yearly	2001 - 2019
Funds Inflow: Total All Countries (AUD mn)	-10,056.000 2019	yearly	2001 - 2019
Funds Inflow: Singapore (AUD mn)	8,149.000 2019	yearly	2001 - 2019
Funds Inflow: Switzerland (AUD mn)	1,966.000 2019	yearly	2001 - 2019
Funds Inflow: United Kingdom (AUD mn)	-45,998.000 2019	yearly	2001 - 2019
Funds Inflow: United States of America (AUD mn)	-36,331.000 2019	yearly	2001 - 2019
Funds Inflow: Japan (AUD mn)	5,456.000 2019	yearly	2001 - 2019
Private New Capital Expenditure: Actual (AUD mn)	32,669.000 Dec 2020	quarterly	Jun 1987 - Dec 2020
AU: BOP: Financial Account: Portfolio Investment: Net (USD mn)	34,350.390 2019	yearly	1989 - 2019
AU: BOP: Net Errors and Omissions (USD mn)	-1,926.546 2019	yearly	1989 - 2019
AU: BOP: Financial Account: Foreign Direct Investment: Net (USD mn)	-30,900.754 2019	yearly	1989 - 2019

Monetary	Last	Frequency	Range
Non Performing Loans Ratio (%)	1.1 Dec 2020	quarterly	Jun 2004 - Dec 2020
Household Debt: % of GDP (%)	128.1 Sep 2020	quarterly	Jun 1988 - Sep 2020
Non-Performing Loans (USD mn)	27,903.882 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1994 - Dec 2020
Money Supply M1 (USD mn)	1,102,669.214 Feb 2021	monthly	Feb 1975 - Feb 2021
Money Supply M2 (USD mn)	1,900,570.584 Feb 2021	monthly	Mar 1965 - Feb 2021
M2 Growth (%)	12.9 Feb 2021	monthly	Mar 1966 - Feb 2021
Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn)	33,233.2 Feb 2021	monthly	Jul 1969 - Feb 2021
Foreign Exchange Reserves: % of GDP (%)	2.146 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 1969 - Dec 2020
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA)	1.5 Dec 2020	monthly	Jul 1971 - Dec 2020
Gold Reserves (USD mn)	3,472.289 Mar 2021	monthly	Jan 1958 - Mar 2021
Total Deposits Growth (%)	8.3 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 2005 - Dec 2020
Total Deposits (USD mn)	2,517,624.489 Dec 2020	quarterly	Sep 2004 - Dec 2020
Domestic Credit (USD mn)	4,041,008.6 Dec 2020	monthly	Dec 2001 - Dec 2020
Domestic Credit Growth (%)	19.1 Dec 2020	monthly	Dec 2002 - Dec 2020
Debt Service Ratio: Households (%)	13.600 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1999 - Sep 2020
Debt Service Ratio: Private Non-Financial Sector (%)	17.700 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1999 - Sep 2020
Credit to Households (USD bn)	1,714.931 Sep 2020	quarterly	Dec 1977 - Sep 2020
Credit to Private Non-Financial Sector (USD bn)	2,752.014 Sep 2020	quarterly	Mar 1971 - Sep 2020
Household Debt (USD mn)	1,803,292.5 Sep 2020	quarterly	Jun 1988 - Sep 2020
Total Loans (USD mn)	2,293,831.343 Jan 2021	monthly	Sep 1976 - Jan 2021
Total Loans Growth (%)	2.24 Oct 2020	monthly	Sep 1977 - Oct 2020
Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%)	140.76 Dec 2020	quarterly	Mar 1990 - Dec 2020
Money Supply: M1 (AUD bn)	1,331.629 Sep 2020	monthly	Feb 1975 - Sep 2020
Official Reserve Assets: Total: in USD (USD mn)	44,127.690 Feb 2021	monthly	Jul 1969 - Feb 2021
AU: Domestic Credit: Net (AUD mn)	4,400,743.219 2019	yearly	1960 - 2019

Business and Economic Survey	Last	Frequency	Range
Business Confidence: Net Balance (% Point)	17.6 Feb 2021	monthly	Aug 2006 - Feb 2021
Business Confidence Growth (% Point)	29.0 Feb 2021	monthly	Aug 2007 - Feb 2021
Industrial Trends Survey: Composite Index: sa: Expected (Index)	67.400 Mar 2021	quarterly	Mar 2008 - Mar 2021
Composite Index: Performance of Manufacturing Index: sa (Point)	58.800 Feb 2021	monthly	Aug 2006 - Feb 2021

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