2024年第三季度,澳大利亚的经常账户赤字从第二季度向上修正的164亿澳元缺口降至141亿澳元,低于市场预期的100亿澳元缺口,表明连续第六个季度出现赤字。商品和服务盈余从第二季度的65亿澳元降至33亿澳元,为2018年第二季度以来的最低水平,主要原因是全球需求仍然疲软,铁矿石和煤炭价格持续下跌,导致出口价格下跌。与此同时,由于澳大利亚公司向海外投资者支付的股息下降,净初级收入缺口从之前的228亿澳元缩小至173亿澳元,为2021年第三季度以来的最小水平。此外,净二级收入赤字从第二季度的4700万澳元扩大到8100万澳元。
Australia's current account deficit decreased to AUD 14.1 billion in Q3 2024 from an upwardly revised AUD 16.4 billion shortfall in Q2, missing market expectations of an AUD 10.0 billion gap and indicating the sixth consecutive quarter of deficit. The surplus of goods and services shrank to AUD 3.3 billion, the smallest since Q2 2018, from AUD 6.5 billion in Q2, largely attributed to falling export prices amid persistently lower iron ore and coal prices, as global demand remained weak. Meanwhile, the shortfall of net primary income narrowed to AUD 17.3 billion from the prior gap of AUD 22.8 billion, pointing to the smallest since Q3 2021, due to a drop in dividends paid by Australian firms to overseas investors. In addition, the net secondary income deficit widened to AUD 81 million from AUD 47 million in Q2.