Analysis of data on private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure just release by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that in seasonally adjusted terms total new capital expenditure rose by only 1 per cent during the September to December quarter of last year and this resulted in the figure being 1.3 per cent down on a year earlier. https://www.financialstandard.com.au/feed/latest?story=14503 en-AU Copyright 2026 Financial Standard 5