Australia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

April 9, 2001

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Australia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2001) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

Using official data from the Australian Bureau of Economic Statistics and a formal growth accounting framework, this paper shows that the rapid accumulation of information processing and communication technology (ICT) capital over the last two decades in Australia has played a significant role in explaining the impressive, structural acceleration of labor productivity. The following statistical data are also included: household income, expenditure and savings, labor market, fiscal indicators, credit aggregates, capital and financial account, external assets and liabilities, export by commodity group, and so on.

Subject: Foreign exchange, Information technology in revenue administration, International trade, National accounts, Personal income, Production, Real exchange rates, Revenue administration, Terms of trade, Total factor productivity

Keywords: Australia, Australia and New Zealand, CR, ICT capital, Income support, Income support payment, Information technology in revenue administration, ISCR, Labor productivity growth, Personal income, R&D interaction term, Real exchange rates, Terms of trade, Terms of trade shock, TFP growth, Total factor productivity

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Pages:

129
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2001/055
Stock No:

1AUSEA0022001
ISBN:

9781451802030
ISSN:

1934-7685

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