The current account deficit, seasonally adjusted, increased $636m (4%) to $15,535m in the June quarter 2016. The deficit on the balance on goods and services decreased $652m (8%) to $7,996m. The net primary income deficit increased $1,351m (23%) to $7,160m.

In seasonally adjusted chain volume terms, the surplus on goods and services decreased $999m (8%) from $11,796m in the March quarter 2016 to $10,797m in the June quarter 2016. This is expected to detract 0.2 percentage points from growth in the June quarter 2016 volume measure of GDP.