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	Australia Summary of Observance

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Contact Person(s)
	Ms. Jacqueline Hodges, Director, Information Services and Population Surveys, Information Consultancy Unit, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), GPO Box 796, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2001
	Phone :	61 2 9268 4722
	Fax :	61 2 9268 4100
	Email :	jacky.hodges@abs.gov.au
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Australia ( AUS )
SDDS Data Category	Coverage(meets SDDS)	Periodicity		Timeliness		Comments (Flexibility Options, etc)
SDDS Data Category	Coverage(meets SDDS)	SDDS	AUS	SDDS	AUS	Comments (Flexibility Options, etc)
Real Sector (specifications)
National accounts	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	NLT 1Q
Production index	Yes	M	Q	6W (1M encour- aged)	NLT 1Q	Periodicity flexibility Timeliness flexibility
Labor market: Employment (Labour Force Survey: Employed Persons )	Yes	Q	M	1Q	31D
Labor market: Unemployment (Labour Force Survey: Unemployed Persons )	Yes	Q	M	1Q	31D
Labor market: Wages/Earnings	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	7W
Price index: Consumer prices (Consumer Price Index (CPI) )	Yes	M	Q	1M	1M	Periodicity flexibility
Price index: Producer prices (Producer price indexes (PPI) )	Yes	M	Q	1M	NLT 1M	Periodicity flexibility
Fiscal Sector (specifications)
General government or public sector operations (Australia - General government or public sector operations )	Yes	A	Q	2Q	3M
Central government operations (Australian Government Operations )	Yes	M	M	1M	4W	Targeted timeliness
Central government debt (Commonwealth Government Debt )	Yes	Q	M	1Q	3W
Financial Sector (specifications)
Analytical accounts of the banking sector (Financial Aggregates )	Yes	M	M	1M	1M
Analytical accounts of the central bank (Reserve Bank of Australia: Statement of Liabilities and Assets )	Yes	M (W recom- mended )	W	2W (1W encour- aged)	NLT 1W
Interest rates	Yes	D	D	¹	D
Stock market: Share price index	Yes	D	D	¹	D
External Sector (specifications)
Balance of payments (Balance of Payments and International Investment Position )	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	NLT 1Q
Official reserve assets	Yes	M(W recom- mended)	M	1W	1W
Reserves template	Yes	M	M	1M (1W encour- aged)	1M
Merchandise trade (Australia )	Yes	M	M	8W (4-6W encour- aged)	NLT 1M
International investment position (Australia )	Yes	A(Q recom- mended)	Q	3Q (1Q encour- aged)	NLT 1Q
External debt (Australia )	Yes	Q	Q	1Q	43D
Exchange rates	Yes	D	D	¹	D
Socio-demographic Data (specifications)
Population	Yes	A	Q	...	6M

Periodicity and timeliness: (D) daily; (W) weekly or with a lag of ## week(s) from the reference date; (WD) working days, or business days; (M) monthly or with a lag of ## month(s); (NLT) not later than; (Q) quarterly or with a lag of ## quarter(s); (A) annually; (SA) semiannual; and (...) not applicable.

¹Given that the data are broadly disseminated by private means, the timeliness with which official data are disseminated is not time critical.