RDP 9002: Public Sector Growth and the Current Account in Australia: A Longer Run Perspective Appendix C: Data Sources

Average Weekly Earnings – Average weekly earnings, all persons, Average Weekly Earnings, States and Australia, December 1989, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 6302.0, Table 1.

Company Tax – Taxes on income, enterprises, Australian National Accounts, December Quarter 1989, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 5206.0, Table 27. Figures prior to 1972–73 are obtained from the Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Taxation and various issues of the Budget Papers.

Consumer Price Index – Consumer Price Index, Australia, December Quarter 1989, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 6401.0, Table 1.

Consumption – Private final consumption expenditure on goods and services, Australian National Accounts, December Quarter 1989, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 5602.0, Table 5.

Current Account – Balance of Payments, Australia, December Quarter 1989, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 5302.0, Table 1.

Exchange Rate – End-Period Units of foreign currency per Australian dollar, Balance of Payments, Australia, December Quarter 1989, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 5302.0, Table 21.

Government Expenditure – Total public sector final consumption spending and gross fixed capital expenditure plus the increase in public sector stocks, Australian National Accounts, December Quarter 1989, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 5206.0, Table 5.

Government Consumption – Total public sector consumption expenditure on goods and services, Australian National Accounts, December Quarter 1989, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 5206.0, Table 5.

Government Investment – Total public sector gross fixed capital expenditure, Australian National Accounts, December Quarter 1989, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 5206.0, Table 5.

Government Outlays – Total public sector final consumption spending and gross fixed capital expenditure, Government Financial Estimates, Australia, 1989–90, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 5501.1, Table 12.

Gross Domestic Product – Expenditure on Gross Domestic Product, Australian National Accounts, December Quarter 1989, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 5206.0, Table 5.

Gross Domestic Product Implicit Price Deflator – Australian National Accounts, December Quarter 1989, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 5206.0, Table 9.

Increase in Provisions – Total public sector increase in provisions, Government Financial Estimates, Australia, 1989–90, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 5501.0, Table 12.

Interest Outlays – Total public sector requited current interest payments, Government Financial Estimates, Australia, 1989–90, A.B.S. Catalogue no. 5501.0, Table 12.

Interest Rate – Interest rate on 90-Day Bank Accepted Bills, RBA Bulletin database.

Investment – Total final private gross fixed capital expenditure plus the increase in private stocks, Australian National Accounts, December Quarter 1989, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 5206.0. Table 5.

Marginal tax rates – Rates of income tax are calculated from the general rates of tax levied on individuals. Rates are adjusted for the effects of various levies, rebates, property income surcharges, and tax thresholds imposed under various Taxation Acts. Tax statistics are taken from ‘Income Tax Statistics’, the Income Tax Statistics Supplement to the Budget Papers and the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Taxation (various issues).

Net Exports – Exports of goods and services less imports of goods and services; Australian National Accounts, Australia, December Quarter 1989, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 5206.0, Table 5.

Net PSBR – Total public sector net financing requirement, Government Financial Estimates, Australia, 1989–90, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 5501.0, Table 12.

Other Government Outlays – Total public sector outlays less total public sector final consumption spending and gross fixed capital expenditure and total public sector requited current interest payments, Government Financial Estimates, Australia, 1989–90, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 5501.0, Table 12.

Other Revenue – Total public sector revenue less total public sector taxes, fees and fines; Government Financial Estimates, Australia, 1989–90, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 5501.0, Table 12.

Payroll Tax – Payroll taxes, Australian National Accounts, December Quarter 1989, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 5206.0, Table 27. Figures prior to 1972–73 are obtained from the Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Taxation and various issues of the Budget Papers.

Real Gross Domestic Product – Expenditure on Gross Domestic Product at average 1984–85 prices, Australian National Accounts, December Quarter 1989, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 5206.0, Table 8.

Statistical Discrepancy – Australian National Accounts, December Quarter 1989, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 5206.0, Table 5.

Tax Revenue – Total public sector taxes, fees and fines, Government Financial Estimates, Australia, 1989–90, A.B.S. Catalogue no. 5501.0, Table 12.

Taxation – Total taxes, Australian National Accounts, December Quarter 1989, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 5206.0, Table 27. Figures prior to 1972–73 are adjusted to include Company Tax and Payroll tax and are obtained from the Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Taxation and various issues of the Budget Papers.

Total Revenue – Total public sector revenue, Government Financial Estimates, Australia, 1989–90, A.B.S. Catalogue No. 5501.0, Table 12.

U.S. Interest Rate – Interest rate on 90-Day Bank Bills, Citibase database.

United States GNP Implicit Price Deflator – OECD Database.