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Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, December 2025

Key statistics: • The Australian economy rose 0.8% in seasonally adjusted chain volume measures. • In nominal terms, GDP rose 1.8%. • The terms of trade rose 0.4%. • Household saving to income ratio rose to 6.9% from 6.1%. Unless otherwise stated all figures are in seasonally adjusted, chain volume ...

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