Glossary for Statistical Data

Basis point A basis point is 1/100th of 1 per cent or 0.01 per cent, so 100 basis points (bps) is equal to 1 percentage point. The term is used in money and securities markets to define differences in interest or yield. If an interest rate were to increase from 2 per cent to 3 per cent, it is said to have risen by 100 basis points (bps) or one percentage point.
Indicative Data are not necessarily observed but calculated from reference points. For a financial asset or product, an ‘indicative’ price may not necessarily correspond to the price at which dealers in that market would execute transactions; for an example see Notes for Table F11.
Metadata Metadata is the information that defines and describes data.
Original An original time series shows the actual movements in the data over time, not seasonally adjusted.
Publication Date Date when the data series was last updated.
Seasonally adjusted A seasonally adjusted series involves estimating and removing seasonal patterns from the original data. This series is usually provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Trend A trend series is a seasonally adjusted series that has been further adjusted to remove irregular effects and ‘smooth’ out the series to show the overall ‘trend’ of the data over time. This series is usually provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
'000 Unit is in thousands.