RDP 2008-04: A Small BVAR-DSGE Model for Forecasting the Australian Economy Appendix B: Data Sources

Andrew Hodge, Tim Robinson and Robyn Stuart

September 2008

Data sources are listed in Table B1 below. All data are available upon request.

Table B1: Data Sources
Series Source(s)
Chain-volume non-farm GDP December 2007 National Accounts;
ABS Cat No 5204.0
Termsoftrade As above
Nominal cash rate RBA Bulletin Table ‘F.1 Interest Rates and
Yields – Money Market’
Trimmed-mean CPI December 2007 Consumer Price Index,
ABS Cat No 6401.0; RBA
Nominal trade-weighted exchange rate RBA Bulletin Table ‘F.11 Exchange Rates’