hsc economics statistics Flashcards
GDP Growth Target
At least 3% (Okun’s Law)
GDP Growth (pandemic)
-6.1%
GDP Growth (post-pandemic)
10.6%
GDP Growth (2024)
1%
And RBA forecast: Return to target range by second-half of 2025
Headline Inflation Target
2-3%
Headline Inflation (Pandemic)
-0.3%
Headline Inflation (Post-Pandemic)
7.8%
Headline Inflation (2024)
3.8%
Unemployment Target
4-5% (NAIRU)
Unemployment (Pandemic)
7.5%
Unemployment (Post-Pandemic)
3.5%
Unemployment (2024)
4.1%
Terms of Trade (2020)
80
Terms of Trade (2021)
99
Terms of Trade (2022)
107
Terms of Trade (2024)
95 (Increased by 50% since 2016)
Trade Weighted Index (mining investment boom; 2013)
79
Trade Weighted Index (2024)
62.5 (down 18% since 2013)
BOGS (2013 to 2024)
-$37.8bn (2013) to $138.8bn (2024)
BOGS (% of GDP) 2020
4.5%
BOGS (% of GDP) 2022
7%
BOGS (% of GDP) 2024
3.5%
NPY 2015 to 2023
-$39bn (2015-16) to -$108.7bn (2022-23)
NPY (% of GDP) 2020
-1%
NPY (% of GDP) 2023
-5.5%
NPY (% of GDP) 2024
-3.5%
Current Account (% of GDP) 2020
3%
Current Account (% of GDP) 2021
4%