GDP in detail: Per capita crush

Wednesday 6 December 2017

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today released the national accounts for the September quarter, which registered 0.6% growth in real GDP over the quarter and a 2.8% rise over the year.

On a per capita basis, real GDP rose by 0.2% over the quarter and was up by just 1.3% over the year.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.