Australia: Recent Economic Developments
May 16, 1996
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This paper reviews developments in the Australian economy during 1994–95. In 1994/95, real GDP grew by 4½ percent as growth in domestic demand accelerated sharply, rising by 6¾ percent, despite the impact of a severe drought on farm output. Business investment increased by 17½ percent with investment in plant and equipment rising by 21½ percent and that in nonresidential construction by 7¾ percent. Private consumption growth also rose strongly, by 5 percent, reflecting strong growth in employment and some acceleration in wage growth.
Subject: Competition, Expenditure, External debt, Financial markets, Income, Labor, National accounts, Wages
Keywords: Competition, CR, current account, East Asia, exchange rate, Income, interest rate, ISCR, labor market, monetary policy, output gap, participation rate, percent of GDP, private sector, real GDP, trade balance, Wages
Pages:
98
Volume:
1996
DOI:
Issue:
037
Series:
Country Report No. 1996/037
Stock No:
1AUSEA0011996
ISBN:
9781451801934
ISSN:
1934-7685
Notes
This report was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with this member country. In releasing this document for public use, confidential material may have been removed at the request of the member.
