The Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) monitors economic conditions in the Victorian economy and prepares forecasts of the main economic indicators of those conditions twice yearly for the current and four-ensuing years (the out-years). The economic forecasts underpin the Government's fiscal outlook presented in the Budget and Budget Update. The key economic indicators forecast growth in real gross state product (GSP) and the level of nominal GSP; growth in employment and the unemployment rate; growth in wages; growth in consumer prices (the CPI) and population growth. For further information refer to the Macroeconomic indicators methodology for making forecasts of macro-economic indicators.

The Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) monitors economic conditions in the Victorian economy and prepares forecasts of the main economic indicators of those conditions twice yearly for the current and four-ensuing years (the out-years). The economic forecasts underpin the Government's fiscal outlook presented in the Budget and Budget Update. The key economic indicators forecast growth in real gross state product (GSP) and the level of nominal GSP; growth in employment and the unemployment rate; growth in wages; growth in consumer prices (the CPI) and population growth. For further information refer to the Macroeconomic indicators methodology for making forecasts of macro-economic indicators.

The Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) monitors economic conditions in the Victorian economy and prepares forecasts of the main economic indicators of those conditions twice yearly for the current and four-ensuing years (the out-years). The economic forecasts underpin the Government's fiscal outlook presented in the Budget and Budget Update. The key economic indicators forecast growth in real gross state product (GSP) and the level of nominal GSP; growth in employment and the unemployment rate; growth in wages; growth in consumer prices (the CPI) and population growth. For further information refer to the Macroeconomic indicators methodology for making forecasts of macro-economic indicators.

The Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) monitors economic conditions in the Victorian economy and prepares forecasts of the main economic indicators of those conditions twice yearly for the current and four-ensuing years (the out-years). The economic forecasts underpin the Government's fiscal outlook presented in the Budget and Budget Update. The key economic indicators forecast growth in real gross state product (GSP) and the level of nominal GSP; growth in employment and the unemployment rate; growth in wages; growth in consumer prices (the CPI) and population growth. For further information refer to the Macroeconomic indicators methodology for making forecasts of macro-economic indicators.

The financial reports for the Department assist assessments of forecast financial performance, and its use of the parliamentary authority for resources.The tables in the spreadsheet display financial performance data via the comprehensive operating statement, the balance sheet, the cash flow statement, the statement of changes in equity, administered items statements, and payments on behalf of the State (where applicable).The datasets should be read in conjunction with Budget Paper No. 3 Service Delivery which provides an overview of the goods and services funded by the Government and delivered by departments in the coming financial year.

DTF forecasts a number of macroeconomic aggregates for inclusion in the budget papers. These forecasts have three main purposes: they provide a framework for presenting the economic context in which the budget is developed; most of the economic aggregates or their sub-components are used in the modelling of taxation and other revenue lines; and forecasts of nominal gross state product (GSP) are used to express key financial aggregates in relation to the size of the economy, such as non-financial public sector net debt to nominal GSP. The spreadsheet below contains the seven published aggregates for the budget papers (Budget and Budget Update): real GSP growth; level of nominal GSP; employment growth; unemployment rate; growth in the consumer price index; growth in the wage price index; and annual population growth.

This data provides a time series for the output performance measures as published in Budget Paper No. 3 for the years 2014-15, 2013-14, 2012-13, 2011-12, 2010-11 and 2009-10. Historical performance measures have been matched to the 2014-15 output structure to provide a relevant time series for the same measure, even where they have been renamed or restructured over time. Measures that have been discontinued are not included, except for measures that are proposed to be discontinued in the 2014-15 Budget (Appendix A). Detailed explanations for the creation of new measures or discontinuation of existing measures from a particular year are available in Budget Paper No. 3 for the relevant year.