Current Account Balance — methodology

What this metric measures

Australia's current account balance each quarter: trade in goods and services, plus income and transfers, with the rest of the world. A deficit is normal for Australia.

Why it matters: The current account shows whether Australia is a net lender to or borrower from the rest of the world, and how reliant the economy is on foreign capital.

Source & provenance

Publisher

ABS Balance of Payments (Cat. 5302.0) - current account balance, seasonally adjusted

Update frequency

quarterly

Licence

CC BY 4.0

How the score is computed

The score is a 0–100 normalisation of the latest observation, compared to a baseline window. The traffic-light rating (RAG) reflects both the absolute level and the recent trend.

Direction

Higher is better

Trend window

24 months

Baseline

Last 10 years

{
  "red_max_pct_of_baseline": 95,
  "amber_min_pct_of_baseline": 95,
  "green_min_pct_of_baseline": 102
}