Monthly Statistical Bulletin
4.4 Business investment
Quarter	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09
Chain volume measures (a) (b) – $ million
September	29 744	35 108	37 114	43 086	49 250
December	31 659	37 171	37 196	43 953	49 835
March	31 988	37 718	40 830	46 025	46 743
June	33 484	37 016	41 788	48 051	47 620
Annual	126 875	147 012	156 928	181 115	193 448
Annual change (b) – per cent
September	10.5	18.0	5.7	16.1	14.3
December	14.5	17.4	0.1	18.2	13.4
March	10.9	17.9	8.3	12.7	1.6
June	14.2	10.5	12.9	15.0	-0.9
Annual	12.6	15.9	6.7	15.4	6.8
(a) Reference year for chain volume measures is 2006–07.
(b) Quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted.
Source: ABS, Australian national accounts: national income, expenditure and product,
Cat. no. 5206.0
								Update
								16 December 2009