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Australia GDP Growth Rate

Australia GDP Growth Rate 5 December 2018

Australia GDP Growth Rate 5 December 2018: 0.3% for Q3 2018, below the 0.6% forecast and down from 0.9% in Q2 2018. It is the lowest reading since Q1 2017. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Wed 5 Dec 2018 at 00:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
0.3%
Q3 2018
Forecast
0.6%
The market consensus
Previous
0.9%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A weak or negative result can weigh on the currency as markets price a softer economy and potentially easier RBA policy.

Australia GDP Growth Rate 5 December 2018: 0.3% for Q3 2018 against a 0.6% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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Australia GDP Growth Rate 5 December 2018: 0.3% vs 0.6% forecast (Australian Bureau of Statistics). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/au-gdp/2018-12-05

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
5 Dec 2018Q30.3%0.6%0.9%
5 Sep 2018Q20.9%0.7%1.1%
6 Jun 2018Q11%0.9%0.5%
7 Mar 2018Q40.4%0.6%0.7%
6 Dec 2017Q30.6%0.7%0.9%
6 Sep 2017Q20.8%0.8%0.3%
7 Jun 2017Q10.3%0.2%1.1%
1 Mar 2017Q41.1%0.7%-0.5%
7 Dec 2016Q3-0.5%0.3%0.6%
7 Sep 2016Q20.5%0.6%1.0%
1 Jun 2016Q11.1%0.8%0.7%
2 Mar 2016Q40.6%0.4%1.1%
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