RDP 2007-03: Forecasting with Factors: The Accuracy of Timeliness Appendix A: Data Panel
April 2007
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| Code | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| National accounts | ||
| GDP, sa | 5 | 68 |
| Non-farm GDP, sa | 5 | 68 |
| Public final demand: ex-transfers, sa | 5 | 68 |
| Private final demand: ex-transfers, sa | 5 | 68 |
| Private gross fixed capital formation (GFCF): total, sa | 5 | 68 |
| Gross operating surplus: | ||
| Financial corporations, sa | 5 | 68 |
| Private non-financial corporations, sa | 5 | 68 |
| Public non-financial corporations, sa | 5 | 68 |
| Household final consumption expenditure: | ||
| Total, sa | 5 | 68 |
| Cigarettes & tobacco, sa | 5 | 68 |
| Alcoholic beverages, sa | 5 | 68 |
| Clothing & footware, sa | 5 | 68 |
| Food, sa | 5 | 68 |
| Furnishing & household equipment, sa | 5 | 68 |
| Purchase of vehicles, sa | 5 | 68 |
| Rent & other dwelling services, sa | 5 | 68 |
| Hotels, cafes & restaurants, sa | 5 | 68 |
| Transport services, sa | 5 | 68 |
| Private GFCF: dwellings: | ||
| Alterations and additions, sa | 5 | 68 |
| New and used, sa | 5 | 68 |
| Private non-farm inventories to sales ratio, sa | 1 | 68 |
| Labour market | ||
| Employment: | ||
| Males, sa | 5 | 6 |
| Females, sa | 5 | 6 |
| Total, sa | 5 | 6 |
| Unemployment rate, sa | 1 | 6 |
| Labour productivity: heads, sa | 5 | 68 |
| Real unit labour costs, sa | 5 | 68 |
| Average weekly earnings: | ||
| Males, sa | 5 | 48 |
| Females, sa | 5 | 48 |
| ACCI-Westpac surveys: | ||
| Capacity utilisation, net balance, nsa | 1 | −24 |
| General business situation, next 6mths net balance, nsa | 1 | −24 |
| Output actual, change in past 3mths net balance, nsa | 1 | −24 |
| Output expected, change in next 3mths net balance, nsa | 1 | −24 |
| Building | ||
| Commencements: total new houses and flats excl conversions, number, sa | 5 | 110 |
| Completed: total new houses and flats excl conversions, number, sa | 5 | 110 |
| Building approvals: | ||
| Private new houses and flats, number, sa | 5 | 35 |
| Public new houses and flats, number, sa | 5 | 35 |
| Total new houses and flats, number, sa | 5 | 35 |
| Internal trade | ||
| Motor vehicle registrations, sa | 5 | 24 |
| Overseas transactions | ||
| Current account: excluding RBA gold and frigate, as a share of GDP, sa | 1 | 68 |
| Services imports, sa | 5 | 67 |
| Services exports, sa | 5 | 67 |
| Goods imports, sa | 5 | 67 |
| Goods exports, sa | 5 | 67 |
| Prices | ||
| Consumer price index, nsa | 5 | 26 |
| ABS house prices, nsa | 5 | 55 |
| GDP deflator, sa | 5 | 68 |
| Export price index: goods and services credits IPD, sa | 5 | 67 |
| Import price index: goods and services debits IPD, sa | 5 | 67 |
| Financial data | ||
| Oil prices | 5 | 0 |
| Commodity price index | 5 | 3 |
| Share prices | 5 | 0 |
| Real trade-weighted exchange rate | 5 | 0 |
| Notes: Code represents the transformation made to the data series: 1 indicates no transformation, 5 indicates a log-difference, as in Stock and Watson (2002b). Time is the number of days after the end of the quarter that the data series is published, based on release dates for 2006:Q1. | ||