The current account surplus, seasonally adjusted, rose $3,186m to $7,855m in the September quarter 2019. The balance on goods and services surplus rose $1,799m to $21,065m. The primary income deficit fell $1,596m to $13,033m. • In seasonally adjusted chain volume terms, the surplus on goods and services rose $962m from $8,324m in the June quarter 2019 to $9,285m in the September quarter 2019. This is expected to contribute 0.2 percentage points to growth in the September quarter 2019 volume measure of GDP. International investment position (IIP) • Australia's net IIP liability position was $976.0b at 30 September ... (full story)