Ai Group Australian Industry Index®

The Ai Group Australian Industry Index® is representative of the modern industrial ecosystem. It brings together the manufacturing, construction, engineering, technology and business services sectors – industries which together account for 36% of the Australian economy.

Recognising the heritage and importance of the Australian PMI® and Australia PCI®, both will continue as sub-indicators available within the Ai Group Australian Industry Index®, however, there will no longer be separate release dates for these indexes.

The Ai Group Australian Industry Index® is regularly published on the first working Wednesday of each month (or the following working day if the Wednesday is a national holiday): Australian Industry Index release dates 2024

February 2024: Holiday contraction eases

Key findings

  • The new year contraction in the Australian Industry Index® eased in February, but the index remains in overall contraction.
  • The new orders and activity/sales indicators improved significantly in February. While both remain in negative territory, their decline over the new year period has been reversed.
  • February saw a modest improvement in upstream manufacturing and business services, but consumer facing industries (food and construction) posted slight drops.
  • Minor but continuing increased in the price indicators suggests that inflation in industrial products continues to be widespread.

The contractionary conditions in the Ai Group Australian Industry Index® eased in February 2024, lifting 12.4 points to -14.9 points (seasonally adjusted). The index has indicated contraction for the last twenty-two months.

 

Economic Intelligence newsletter

February 2024

In the February edition of Economic Intelligence we cover:

  • Measuring progress in the energy transition - our Research Note explains why Australia’s decarbonisation strategy will be one of our most significant economic transitions, and how our progress is tracking.
  • Tracking Australian industry - GDP growth stayed level, inflation pressure slowed down, working age population has rebounded, new job creation declines, retail downturn indicates consumer weakness, productivity fell last year.
  • Q&A with AustralianSuper - The Investment Team at AustralianSuper share insights on the outlook for the economy ahead.
  • Economic forecasts - RBA forecasts the economy will slow in short term due to inflation and higher interest rates continue to weigh on demand

Detailed Index Data

Our reports and time series data for the Ai Group Australian Industry Index® are available free of charge to Ai Group members at any time via email from our economics research team economics@aigroup.com.au. Our data are available to non-members on an annual subscription basis or a one-off purchase. Our data subscribers receive the report and time series data for the activity index, sector and selected states via email each month.

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