QTPA Member Alert | ABS Business Indicators, Australia, Mar 2012 (4/6/2012)
ABS Business Indicators, Australia, Mar 2012
Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 04/06/2012.
Even though you are all very much aware of the business conditions around the country and especially in turf production information below will confirm your thoughts.
MARCH 2012 KEY FIGURES
| Dec Qtr 11 to Mar Qtr 12 | Mar Qtr 11 to Mar Qtr 12 | |||
| % | % | |||
| Sales of goods and services (Chain volume measures) | ||||
| Manufacturing | ||||
| Trend | -0.4 | -0.8 | ||
| Seasonally Adjusted | 0.1 | -0.6 | ||
| Wholesale trade | ||||
| Trend | 1.2 | 5.3 | ||
| Seasonally Adjusted | 1.2 | 4.6 | ||
| Inventories (Chain volume measures) | ||||
| Trend | 0.8 | 2.7 | ||
| Seasonally Adjusted | 0.9 | 3.4 | ||
| Company gross operating profits | ||||
| Trend | -3.6 | -2.6 | ||
| Seasonally Adjusted | -4.0 | -0.5 | ||
| Wages and salaries | ||||
| Seasonally Adjusted | 2.1 | 7.7 | ||
Inventories (volume terms), Trend estimates | Company gross operating profits, Trend estimates | |||
MARCH KEY POINTS
CHAIN VOLUME ESTIMATES
- The trend estimate for inventories rose 0.8% in the March quarter 2012. The seasonally adjusted estimate rose 0.9% this quarter.
- The trend estimate for Manufacturing sales of goods and services fell 0.4% this quarter. The seasonally adjusted estimate rose 0.1%.
- The trend estimate for Wholesale trade sales of goods and services rose 1.2% this quarter. The seasonally adjusted estimate rose 1.2%.
CURRENT PRICE ESTIMATES
- The seasonally adjusted estimate for company gross operating profits fell 4.0% in the March quarter 2012.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate for wages and salaries rose 2.1% in the March quarter 2012.
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