RDP 9809: Estimating Output Gaps Appendix B: Data Description and Sources

Output: GDP(A), 1989/90 prices, seasonally adjusted, National Income, Expenditure and Product, ABS Cat. No. 5206.0.

Inflation: Treasury underlying consumer price inflation, Consumer Price Index, ABS Cat. No. 6401.0.

Import prices: Import Price Index, ABS Cat. No. 6414.0.

Expected Inflation: Melbourne Institute survey of households' expected inflation one year ahead, Melbourne Institute, University of Melbourne.

Unemployment rate: Labour Force, ABS Cat. No. 6203.0.

NAIRU estimate: Debelle and Vickery (1997).

Capacity utilisation: ACCI-Westpac survey of manufacturing firms.

Labour force: Labour Force, ABS Cat. No. 6203.0.

Capital stock: Capital Stock, ABS Cat. No. 5221.0.