A survey of the current state of the business sector in Australia . Based on a survey of hundreds of small to large sized companies, the National Australia Bank delivers monthly and more comprehensive quarterly reports from statistical and antidotal data.

This comprehensive survey primarily provides insight into the state of the Australian economy and puts forth leading indicators that signal its future direction. Thus the survey's findings, if unexpected, have the power to move markets directly.

The National Australia Bank releases both a monthly and quarterly report. The quarterly is more comprehensive, surveying around 1000 small to large non-farm firms. The quarterly provides greater detail on the data as well as provides a short to mid-term outlook of Australia . Because of seasonal volatility and government protections the survey only excludes the farm sector.

Relevance : Rarely affects markets
Release schedule : 1:30 (GMT); Monthly and Quarterly
Source of report : National Australia Bank
Web Address : http://www.national.com.au
Address of release : http://www.national.com.au/Business_Solutions/0,,148,00.html
AKA : National's Quarterly Business Survey, National's Monthly Business Survey