Database & Documentation
The real-time data is organised under five broad headings according to their focus and the frequency of their measurement as listed below. A detailed description of data collection methods, data sources and any specific information on the variables are provided in the separate datasets. These are also collated in Lee, K., N. Olekalns, K. Shields and Z. Wang's (2011b) Australian Real-Time Database: A Users Manual.
- GDP and Components of GDP
- Other Key Macroeconomic Aggregates
- Selected Labour Force Aggregates
- Selected Monetary Aggregates
- Miscellaneous Series
GDP and Components of GDP
Real GDP and its Components
Measured at a quarterly frequency and published quarterly; constant price measures up to the 1998Q3 vintage and chain volume measures thereafter; seasonally adjusted from the 1971Q4 vintage.
- Real Gross Domestic Product (RGDP)
- Real Household Final Consumption Expenditure (RHFCE)
- Real General Government Final Consumption Expenditure (RGFCE)
- Real Gross Fixed Capital Formation (RGFCF)
- Real Changes in Inventories (RINVCHI)
- Real Exports of Goods and Services (REX)
- Real Imports of Goods and Services (RIM)
Nominal GDP and its Components
Measured at a quarterly frequency and published quarterly; current price measures; seasonally adjusted.
- Nominal Gross Domestic Product (NGDP)
- Nominal Household Final Consumption Expenditure (NHFCE)
- Nominal General Government Final Consumption Expenditure (NGFCE)
- Nominal Gross Fixed Capital Formation (NGFCF)
- Nominal Changes in Inventories (NINVCHI)
- Nominal Exports of Goods and Services (NEX)
- Nominal Imports of Goods and Services (NIM)
Original GDP and its Components
Measured at a quarterly frequency and published quarterly; current price measures; not seasonally adjusted.
- Original Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
- Original Household Final Consumption Expenditure (HFCE)
- Original General Government Final Consumption Expenditure (GFCE)
- Original Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF)
- Original Changes in Inventories (INVCHI)
- Original Exports of Goods and Services (EXP)
- Original Imports of Goods and Services (IMP)
Other Key Macroeconomic Aggregates
Measured at a quarterly frequency and published quarterly.
- Manufacturing Production Index, Seasonally Adjusted (MPI)
- Industrial Production Index, Seasonally Adjusted (IPI)
- Balance of Payments on Current Account (BOP) (see notes for periods of seasonally adjusted data)
- Real GDP Implicit Price Deflator (RGDPDEF) (seasonally adjusted from the 1971Q4 vintage)
- Original Consumer Price Index, All Groups (CPI)
Selected Labour Force Aggregates
Measured using quarterly surveys up to March 1982 for seasonally adjusted series and March 1978 for not seasonally adjusted series; the survey frequency changed to monthly thereafter.
- Employed Persons, Total Persons, Seasonally Adjusted (EMPsa)
- Unemployment Rate, Seasonally Adjusted (URsa)
- Employed Persons, Total Persons, Not Seasonally Adjusted (EMPnsa)
- Unemployment Rate, Not Seasonally Adjusted (URnsa)
Selected Monetary Aggregates
Measured at a monthly frequency and published monthly.
- Currency, Not Seasonally Adjusted (CUnsa)
- Current Deposits, Not Seasonally Adjusted (CDnsa)
- M1 (M1) (see notes for periods of seasonally adjusted data)
- M3, Seasonally Adjusted (M3sa)
- Broad Money, Seasonally Adjusted (BMsa)
- Money Base, Not Seasonally Adjusted (MBnsa)
Miscellaneous Series
Selected tables disaggregated by industry and are measured at a quarterly frequency and published quarterly.
- Industrial Gross Value Added, Seasonally Adjusted
- Original Changes in Inventories: Chain Volume Measures
- Original Changes in Inventories: Current Prices
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