Australian economy

Rates, prices, labour, trade and petroleum — a live snapshot from ABS, RBA and DCCEEW open data. CC BY 4.0.

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RBA cash rate target
4.35%
RBA · June 2026
CPI annual change
4.0%
ABS monthly CPI indicator · May 2026
Unemployment rate
4.4%
ABS, seasonally adjusted · May 2026
Goods trade balance
+$0.2B
Exports − imports · ABS · May 2026
AUD / USD
0.6991
RBA · July 2026
National diesel sales
2.8GL
DCCEEW Australian Petroleum Statistics · May 2026

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Macro

Monetary policy, consumer prices and the labour market.

RBA cash rate target

Monthly · per cent

Source: Reserve Bank of Australia, F1.1 · CC BY 4.0

Consumer price index

All groups, quarterly · index

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Consumer Price Index · CC BY 4.0

Unemployment rate — Australia

Monthly, seasonally adjusted · per cent

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Labour Force · CC BY 4.0

AUD/USD exchange rate

Daily · US dollars per AUD

Source: Reserve Bank of Australia, F11 · CC BY 4.0

Trade

National goods exports and imports — per-state trade lives in the map above.

National goods exports

Monthly · A$

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, International Trade in Goods · CC BY 4.0

National goods imports

Monthly · A$

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, International Trade in Goods · CC BY 4.0

Energy & petroleum

Refinery output, fuel imports and national fuel sales, in megalitres.

Refinery output — diesel

Monthly · megalitres

Source: DCCEEW, Australian Petroleum Statistics · CC BY 4.0

Refinery output — petrol

Automotive gasoline, monthly · megalitres

Source: DCCEEW, Australian Petroleum Statistics · CC BY 4.0

Refinery output — jet fuel

Aviation turbine fuel, monthly · megalitres

Source: DCCEEW, Australian Petroleum Statistics · CC BY 4.0

Diesel imports

Monthly · megalitres — Australia imports most of its diesel

Source: DCCEEW, Australian Petroleum Statistics · CC BY 4.0

National diesel sales

Monthly · megalitres

Source: DCCEEW, Australian Petroleum Statistics · CC BY 4.0

Refinery input

Total refinery intake, monthly · megalitres

Source: DCCEEW, Australian Petroleum Statistics · CC BY 4.0

Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics (Consumer Price Index, Labour Force, International Trade in Goods, National Accounts), Reserve Bank of Australia (F1.1, F11) and the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (Australian Petroleum Statistics). All CC BY 4.0. Latest months may be preliminary. Not financial advice.