AD and AS Statistics

Question 1

Economic Growth: Annual Growth in Read GDP

Answer 1

Dec 2010:  3
Dec 2011:  2.3
Dec 2012:  2.9
Dec 2013:  2.7
Now:

Question 2

Annual rate of headline inflation

Answer 2

Dec 2010:  2.8
Dec 2011:  3
Dec 2012:  2.2
Dec 2013:  2.7
Now:

Question 3

Annal rate of underlying inflation

Answer 3

Dec 2010:  2.4
Dec 2011:  2.6
Dec 2012:  2.4
Dec 2013:  2.6
Now:

Question 4

Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment

Answer 4

Dec 2010:  110.98
Dec 2011:  94.75
Dec 2012:  100.3
Dec 2013:  105.03
Mar 2014:  99.5

Question 5

National Australia Bank Business Confidence Index

Answer 5

Dec 2010:  -3.00
Dec 2011:  3.00
Dec 2012:  2.00
Dec 2013:  6.00
Now:

Question 6

Wage Growth

Answer 6

General decrease in wage price index growth.

Question 7

Household savings ratio (%)

Answer 7

Dec 2010:  11.9
Dec 2011:  12.1
Dec 2012:  11.3
Dec 2013:  9.9
Now:

Question 8

Credit Growth

Answer 8

Refer to Graph
Housing: decreasing since 2010 but has started to increase in 2013. Around 5-6%.
Business: increasing since 2010 but started falling in 2012 (4%) to around 2% in 2014.
Personal: increased since 2012 to around 1-2% in 2014.

Question 9

Cash Rate

Answer 9

Dec 2010:  4.75
Dec 2011:  4.25
Dec 2012:  3.00
Dec 2013:  2.50
April 2014:  2.50

Question 10

Budgetary Policy

Answer 10

2009-10: -$54.8
2010-11: -$47.7
2011-12: -$43.4
2012-13: -$19.4 estimate
2013-14: -$18 estimate
2014-15:

Question 11

RULCs

Real Unit Labour Costs Index

Answer 11

Dec 2010:  100.3
Dec 2011:  100.8
Dec 2012:  102.5
Dec 2013:  97.6
Now:

Question 12

Labour Productivity

GDP per hour worked

Answer 12

Dec 2010:  104.6
Dec 2011:  106.0
Dec 2012:  108.9
Dec 2013:  103.8
Now:

Question 13

Exchange Rate

AUD:USD

Answer 13

Dec 2010:  
Dec 2011:  1.0156
Dec 2012:  1.0384
Dec 2013:  0.8948
Mar 2014:  0.9221

Question 14

Overseas Growth

Answer 14

China: falling since 2010 from around 12% to around 7% in 2014.
India: falling since 2010 from around 13% to just less than 5% in 2014.

Question 15

Commodity prices index

Answer 15

Dec 2010:  95.0
Dec 2011:  98.1
Dec 2012:  82.4
Dec 2013:  93.2
Mar-14:  90.2

Question 16

Terms of Trade Index

Answer 16

Dec 2010:  96.9
Dec 2011:  101.4
Dec 2012:  87.8
Dec 2013:  87.6
Now:

Question 17

External Stability

Answer 17

Refer to Graph

Question 18

Income Equity

Answer 18

For own info only - refer to excel

Question 19

Unemployment (%)

Answer 19

Dec 2010:  4.9
Dec 2011:  5.2
Dec 2012:  5.4
Dec 2013:  5.9
Feb-2014:  6.0

Question 20

Participation Rate

Answer 20

Dec 2010:  
Dec 2011:  65.1
Dec 2012:  65.1
Dec 2013:  64.6
Mar-2014:  64.7

Question 21

Labour Force Underutilisation Rate (%)

Answer 21

Nov 2010: 12.2
Nov 2011: 12.5
Nov 2012: 12.4
Nov 2013: 13.5
Feb 2014: 13.5

Question 22

Exchange Rate

TWI

Answer 22

Dec 2010:  
Dec 2011:  75.8
Dec 2012:  77.1
Dec 2013:  68.9
Mar 2014:  71