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Monthly Economic and Social Indicators

HISTORICAL SUPPLEMENT 1999

6.2c Balance on Current Account

Per cent of Gross Domestic Product (a)

September

quarter

December

quarter

March

quarter

June

quarter

1963-64

-2.2

-1.2

-0.7

-0.6

1964-65

-1.3

-2.3

-3.3

-3.9

1965-66

-4.4

-4.8

-4.7

-4.2

1966-67

-3.5

-3.0

-2.9

-3.0

1967-68

-3.2

-3.5

-4.2

-4.6

1968-69

-4.8

-4.6

-3.8

-3.6

1969-70

-2.9

-2.8

-2.5

-2.3

1970-71

-2.3

-2.3

-2.5

-2.3

1971-72

-2.1

-2.0

-1.6

-0.9

1972-73

-0.2

0.8

1.4

1.5

1973-74

1.1

0.5

-0.5

-1.7

1974-75

-2.7

-3.2

-2.8

-1.9

1975-76

-1.3

-1.1

-1.5

-1.8

1976-77

-1.8

-1.9

-2.2

-2.7

1977-78

-3.2

-2.9

-3.0

-3.1

1978-79

-3.3

-3.8

-3.6

-3.3

1979-80

-2.7

-2.0

-1.8

-1.7

1980-81

-2.2

-2.8

-3.4

-4.0

1981-82

-4.4

-4.8

-5.2

-5.5

1982-83

-5.3

-4.8

-4.4

-3.8

1983-84

-3.9

-3.7

-3.8

-3.9

1984-85

-4.2

-4.8

-4.8

-5.0

1985-86

-5.4

-5.6

-6.0

-6.3

1986-87

-6.0

-5.7

-5.2

-4.6

1987-88

-4.3

-3.9

-3.6

-3.8

1988-89

-4.0

-4.5

-5.1

-5.5

1989-90

-5.9

-6.3

-6.4

-6.0

1990-91

-5.5

-5.2

-4.7

-4.5

1991-92

-4.2

-3.6

-3.3

-3.3

1992-93

-3.6

-3.7

-3.6

-3.6

1993-94

-3.4

-3.3

-3.3

-3.7

1994-95

-4.4

-5.1

-5.9

-6.1

1995-96

-5.7

-5.4

-4.7

-4.3

1996-97

-4.2

-3.9

-3.6

-3.2

1997-98

-3.1

-3.1

-3.6

-4.1

1998-99

-4.6

(a) Year ended each quarter shown.

Source: Balance of Payments and International Investment Position, ABS (5302.0)
National Income, Expenditure and Product, ABS (5206.0)

 

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