Monthly Statistical Bulletin
4.4 Business investment
Quarter	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
Chain volume measures (a) (b) – $ million
September	38 273	40 356	47 275	53 408	50 172
December	40 036	40 267	47 935	53 006	52 621
March	40 828	44 532	48 974	51 464
June	39 672	45 174	52 182	51 817
Annual	158 809	170 329	196 365	209 642
Annual change (b) – per cent
September	19.2	5.4	17.1	13.0	-6.1
December	16.4	0.6	19.0	10.6	-0.7
March	17.4	9.1	10.0	5.1
June	9.2	13.9	15.5	-0.7
Annual	15.4	7.3	15.3	6.8
(a) Reference year for chain volume measures is 2007–08.
(b) Quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted.
Source: ABS, Australian national accounts: national income, expenditure and product,
Cat. no. 5206.0
								Update
								2 June 2010