Monthly Economic and Social Indicators (MESI)
Historical Supplement 1999

Monthly Economic and Social Indicators (MESI) - Historical Supplement 1999 is published by the Statistics Group and distributed to all Senators and Members who request it. The Historical Supplement contains long-term series for every table which appears in the regular MESI.

All figures are original unadjusted data unless otherwise noted.

Some economic and social terms may be unfamiliar to readers. Many of these terms are described in the glossary.

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CONTENTS

Tables

1. Labour Market

2. Wages and Prices

3. National Accounts

4. Business Conditions

5. Finance

6. External Transactions

7. Social

8. International Comparisons

Symbols and Abbreviations

Comments and Statistical Enquiries

Statistics Group

Orders and Purchase Enquiries

Glossary

Labour Market

 1.1 Employed Persons 1.1a Seasonally Adjusted
1.1b Annual change
1.2 Unemployed Persons 1.2a Original
1.2b Seasonally Adjusted
1.3 Unemployment Rate
1.3a Original
1.3b Seasonally Adjusted
1.4 Labour Force Participation Rate 1.4a Original
1.4b Seasonally Adjusted
1.5 Long-term Unemployed 1.5a Number
1.5b Percentage of total unemployed
1.6 Youth Unemployment 1.6a Number
1.6b Percentage of full-time youth labour force
1.7 ANZ Jobs Advertisements Series 1.7a Number
1.7b Annual change
1.8 Industrial Disputes 1.8a Working days lost
1.8b Working days lost per '000 employees

Wages and Prices

2.1 Average Weekly Earnings 2.1a Ordinary time earnings for full-time adults
2.1b Annual change
2.1c Total earnings, all males
2.1d Total earnings annual change
2.2 Consumer Price Index 2.2a Index
2.2b Annual change
2.2c Treasury underlying rate
2.2d Treasury underlying rate annual change
2.3 Implicit Price Deflator for Gross Non-Farm Product 2.3a Index
2.3b Annual change

National Accounts

3.1 Gross Domestic Product 3.1a Current prices
3.1b Chain volume measure
3.1c Chain volume measure annual change
3.2 Non-Farm Gross Product 3.2a Current prices
3.2b Chain volume measure
3.2c Chain volume measure annual change
3.3 Selected National Accounts Ratios 3.3a Wages share
3.3b Profits share
3.3c Household savings ratio

Business Conditions

4.1 Turnover of Retail Establishments 4.1a Value
4.1b Annual change
4.2 Motor Vehicle Registrations 4.2a Number
4.2b Annual change
4.3 Dwelling Approvals 4.3a Number
4.3b Annual change
4.4 Business Investment 4.4a Chain volume measure
4.4b Annual change
4.5 Bankruptcies 4.5a Number
4.5b Annual change

5.1 Prime Interest Rate 5.1a Prime rate
5.1b Real prime rate
5.2 Housing and Cash Interest Rates 5.2a Banks' housing rate
5.2b Cash market rate
5.3 Lending for Housing 5.3a Value
5.3b Annual change
5.4 Home Loan Affordability Indicator

5.5 Stock Exchange - All Ordinaries Index

External Transactions

6.1 International Trade in Goods and Services 6.1a Exports
6.1b Imports
6.2 Balance on Current Account 6.2a Original
6.2b Seasonally adjusted
6.2c Per cent of GDP
6.3 Terms of Trade 6.3a Implicit price deflator for exports of goods and services
6.3b Implicit price deflator for imports of goods and services
6.3c Terms of trade
6.4 Exchange Rates 6.4a United States dollar
6.4b Trade weighted index
6.5 Foreign Debt 6.5a Gross foreign debt, public sector
6.5b Gross foreign debt, private sector
6.5c Gross foreign debt, total
6.5d Net foreign debt
6.5e Ner foreign debt, per cent of GDP

Social Statistics

7.1 Population 7.1a Natural increase
7.1b Net overseas migration
7.1c Resident population
7.2 Newstart Allowance Recipients 7.2a Number
7.2b Annual change
7.3 Overseas Visitors - Short Term Arrivals 7.3a Original
7.3b Seasonally Adjusted

International Comparisons

8.1 Economic Growth
8.2 Consumer Prices
8.3 Unemployment Rates
8.4 Interest Rates

Symbols and abbreviations

Comments and statistical enquiries

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