Australia - Net acquisition of financial assets

Net acquisition of financial assets (current LCU)

The value for Net acquisition of financial assets (current LCU) in Australia was 16,404,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 53,551,000,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of -15,209,000,000 in 1998.

Definition: Net acquisition of government financial assets includes domestic and foreign financial claims, SDRs, and gold bullion held by monetary authorities as a reserve asset. The net acquisition of financial assets should be offset by the net incurrence of liabilities.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1972 0
1973 0
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 -1,221,000,000
1991 -1,559,000,000
1992 -2,060,000,000
1993 -2,535,000,000
1994 -3,365,000,000
1995 -1,483,000,000
1996 -5,198,000,000
1997 -7,340,000,000
1998 -15,209,000,000
1999 -1,766,000,000
2000 4,712,000,000
2005 12,361,000,000
2006 15,701,000,000
2007 18,977,000,000
2008 25,499,000,000
2009 25,670,000,000
2010 -563,000,000
2011 1,665,000,000
2012 6,382,000,000
2013 14,253,000,000
2014 24,283,000,000
2015 18,009,000,000
2016 19,449,000,000
2017 53,551,000,000
2018 22,925,000,000
2019 16,404,000,000

Net acquisition of financial assets (% of GDP)

Net acquisition of financial assets (% of GDP) in Australia was 0.84 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 3.04 in 2017, while its lowest value was -2.58 in 1998.

Definition: Net acquisition of government financial assets includes domestic and foreign financial claims, SDRs, and gold bullion held by monetary authorities as a reserve asset. The net acquisition of financial assets should be offset by the net incurrence of liabilities.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1972 0.00
1973 0.00
1974 0.00
1975 0.00
1976 0.00
1977 0.00
1978 0.00
1979 0.00
1980 0.00
1981 0.00
1982 0.00
1983 0.00
1984 0.00
1985 0.00
1986 0.00
1987 0.00
1988 0.00
1989 0.00
1990 -0.30
1991 -0.38
1992 -0.49
1993 -0.57
1994 -0.72
1995 -0.30
1996 -0.98
1997 -1.32
1998 -2.58
1999 -0.28
2000 0.71
2005 1.34
2006 1.57
2007 1.74
2008 2.16
2009 2.04
2010 -0.04
2011 0.12
2012 0.43
2013 0.93
2014 1.52
2015 1.11
2016 1.17
2017 3.04
2018 1.24
2019 0.84

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance