QTPA Member Alert | ABS Business Indicators, Australia, Sep 2012 (4/12/2012)
ABS Business Indicators, Australia, Sep 2012
LATEST ISSUE 03/12/2012
SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES
| Jun Qtr 12 to Sep Qtr 12 | Sep Qtr 11 to Sep Qtr 12 | |||
| % | % | |||
Sales of goods and services (Chain volume measures) | ||||
Manufacturing | ||||
Trend | -0.2 | -2.2 | ||
Seasonally Adjusted | 1.3 | -2.2 | ||
Wholesale trade | ||||
Trend | 1.9 | 6.9 | ||
Seasonally Adjusted | 2.0 | 6.3 | ||
Inventories (Chain volume measures) | ||||
Trend | 0.7 | 3.3 | ||
Seasonally Adjusted | 1.1 | 4.0 | ||
| Company gross operating profits | ||||
Trend | -1.7 | -9.8 | ||
Seasonally Adjusted | -2.9 | -13.0 | ||
Wages and salaries | ||||
Seasonally Adjusted | -0.2 | 3.6 | ||
Inventories (volume terms), Trend estimates
| Company gross operating profits, Trend estimates
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SEPTEMBER KEY POINTS
CHAIN VOLUME ESTIMATES
The trend estimate for inventories rose 0.7% in the September quarter 2012. The seasonally adjusted estimate rose 1.1% this quarter.
- The trend estimate for Manufacturing sales of goods and services fell 0.2% this quarter. The seasonally adjusted estimate rose 1.3%.
- The trend estimate for Wholesale trade sales of goods and services rose 1.9% this quarter. The seasonally adjusted estimate rose 2.0%.
CURRENT PRICE ESTIMATES
The seasonally adjusted estimate for company gross operating profits fell 2.9% in the September quarter 2012.
- The seasonally adjusted estimate for wages and salaries fell 0.2% in the September quarter 2012.
Jim Vaughan, CEO
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