Australia Business Inventories 1985-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar

Business inventories in Australia increased by 0.6 percent quarter-on-quarter in the three months to June of 2018, easing from an upwardly revised 0.8 percent gain in the previous period but above market expectations of 0.3 percent. Inventories grew at a slower pace for electricity, gas, water & waste services (3.3 percent vs 7.1 percent in Q1); manufacturing (0.2 percent vs 0.8 percent), and wholesale trade (1.1 percent vs 3.3 percent). Meantime, stocks rebounded for both accommodation & food services (1.1 percent vs -0.5 percent) and mining (0.9 percent vs -1.7 percent) while inventories at retailers were unchanged (vs -1.5 percent in Q1). Through the year to the second quarter, business inventories went up by 1.8 percent. Business Inventories in Australia averaged 0.53 percent from 1985 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 2.80 percent in the first quarter of 1999 and a record low of -2.80 percent in the third quarter of 1986.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-03-05	12:30 AM	Business Inventories QoQ	0.2%	0.1%	0.5%	0.40%
2018-06-04	01:30 AM	Business Inventories QoQ	0.7%	0.2%	0.1%	0.3%
2018-09-03	01:30 AM	Business Inventories QoQ	0.6%	0.8%	0.3%	0.2%
2018-12-03	12:30 AM	Business Inventories QoQ		0.6%		0.5%

Australia Business	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Business Confidence	4.00	7.00	21.00	-30.00	Index Points	[+]
Services PMI	52.20	53.60	63.00	39.00	Index Points	[+]
Manufacturing PMI	56.70	52.00	63.10	30.86		[+]
Industrial Production	4.40	1.70	12.00	-7.70	percent	[+]
Industrial Production Mom	2.20	0.30	5.10	-6.90	percent	[+]
Manufacturing Production	6.50	2.40	8.60	-11.80	percent	[+]
Capacity Utilization	82.27	82.19	84.67	78.24	percent	[+]
New Orders	31.00	49.00	49.00	-37.00	Index Points	[+]
Changes in Inventories	1160.00	1242.00	4102.00	-3764.00	AUD Million	[+]
Bankruptcies	764.00	669.00	1123.00	217.00	Companies	[+]
Corporate Profits	88467.00	86762.00	88467.00	12032.00	AUD Million	[+]
Total Vehicle Sales	85551.00	130300.00	130300.00	48099.00		[+]
Car Registrations	14078.61	13815.11	14078.61	3990.94	Thousand	[+]
Leading Economic Index	0.10	0.00	0.54	-1.10	percent	[+]
Small Business Sentiment	1.54	7.92	18.71	-21.10		[+]
Internet Speed	11063.10	10098.33	11063.10	1922.87	KBps	[+]
IP Addresses	9859878.00	9310525.00	13859005.00	5227461.00	IP	[+]
Private Investment	-2.50	1.20	15.40	-8.50	percent	[+]
Mining Production	4.40	1.00	25.60	-16.90	percent	[+]
Steel Production	515.57	506.96	819.00	238.00	Thousand Tonnes	[+]
Corruption Index	77.00	79.00	88.60	77.00	Points	[+]
Corruption Rank	13.00	13.00	13.00	7.00		[+]
Competitiveness Index	5.19	5.19	5.20	5.08	Points	[+]
Competitiveness Rank	21.00	22.00	22.00	15.00		[+]
Composite Pmi	52.00	52.30	58.30	52.00	Index Points	[+]
Business Inventories	0.60	0.80	2.80	-2.80	percent	[+]
Ease of Doing Business	14.00	15.00	15.00	9.00		[+]

Australia Business Inventories

Business Inventories in Australia measure the quarterly percentage changes in inventories from manufacturers, retailers, and wholesalers. Inventories are a key component of gross domestic product. . This page provides - Australia Business Inventories- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Australia Business Inventories - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2018.