ABS Business Indicators, Australia, Mar 2013  

MARCH 2013 KEY POINTS

CHAIN VOLUME ESTIMATES

• The trend estimate for inventories rose 0.1% in the March quarter 2013. The seasonally adjusted estimate fell 0.6% this quarter.
• The trend estimate for Manufacturing sales of goods and services fell 0.3% this quarter. The seasonally adjusted estimate fell 1.2%.
• The trend estimate for Wholesale trade sales of goods and services fell 0.4% this quarter. The seasonally adjusted estimate fell 2.5%.

CURRENT PRICE ESTIMATES

• The seasonally adjusted estimate for company gross operating profits rose 3.0% in the March quarter 2013.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate for wages and salaries rose 0.4% in the March quarter 2013

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ABS Retail Trade, Australia, Apr 2013  

2013 KEY FIGURES

APRIL 2013 KEY POINTS
CURRENT PRICES

• The trend estimate rose 0.4% in April 2013. This follows a rise of 0.4% in March 2013 and a rise of 0.4% in February 2013.
• The seasonally adjusted estimate rose 0.2% in April 2013. This follows a fall of 0.4% in March 2013 and a rise of 1.3% in February 2013.
• In trend terms, Australian turnover rose 3.2% in April 2013 compared with April 2012.
• The following industries rose in trend terms in April 2013: Food retailing (0.6%), Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services (0.5%), Household goods retailing (0.4%) and Other retailing (0.4%). Department stores (0.0%) was relatively unchanged and Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing (-0.2%) fell in trend terms in April 2013.
• The following states and territories rose in trend terms in April 2013: New South Wales (0.6%), Victoria (0.4%), Queensland (0.4%), the Australian Capital Territory (0.9%), Western Australia (0.1%), South Australia (0.1%) and Tasmania (0.1%). The Northern Territory (-0.3%) fell in trend terms in April 2013.