$ million - Source frequency: quarterly · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's private new capital expenditure was $52,967 as of April 2026. New spending by private businesses on buildings, structures, equipment, plant and machinery, current prices, seasonally adjusted. Business investment adds productive capacity and is a leading indicator of future employment and output. Weak capex now means a smaller economy later. Data is sourced from ABS Private New Capital Expenditure (Cat. 5625.0), CAPEX M1.CUR.TOT.TOT and updated quarterly.
New spending by private businesses on buildings, structures, equipment, plant and machinery, current prices, seasonally adjusted.
Business investment adds productive capacity and is a leading indicator of future employment and output. Weak capex now means a smaller economy later.
Higher is better
Source: ABS Private New Capital Expenditure (Cat. 5625.0), CAPEX M1.CUR.TOT.TOT
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS Private New Capital Expenditure (Cat. 5625.0), CAPEX M1.CUR.TOT.TOT), updated quarterly. Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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