Composite Leading Indicator in Australia increased to 100.32 points in December from 100.31 points in November of 2025. Composite Leading Indicator in Australia averaged 100.00 points from 1966 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 103.94 points in April of 1973 and a record low of 96.00 points in October of 1974. source: OECD

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Bankruptcies	631.00	1306.00	Companies	Jan 2026
Building Capital Expenditure	2.10	0.30	percent	Sep 2025
NAB Business Confidence	3.00	2.00	points	Jan 2026
Business Inventories	-0.90	0.10	percent	Sep 2025
Capacity Utilization	74.80	74.80	percent	Jan 2026
Passenger Car Sales	13365.00	12033.00	Units	Jan 2026
Changes in Inventories	-1916.00	1748.00	AUD Million	Sep 2025
Composite Leading Indicator	100.77	100.70	points	Jan 2026
Company Gross Profits	125152.00	125185.00	AUD Million	Sep 2025
Corruption Index	76.00	77.00	Points	Dec 2025
Corruption Rank	12.00	10.00		Dec 2025
Industrial Production	-0.20	-0.30	percent	Sep 2025
Industrial Production Mom	0.50	6.50	percent	Sep 2025
Ai Group Industry Index	-12.30	-12.50	points	Jan 2026
Ai Group Services Index	-13.80	-13.80	points	Jan 2026
Ai Group Construction Index	5.20	-16.90	points	Jan 2026
Ai Group Manufacturing Index	-19.40	-18.30	points	Jan 2026
Westpac Leading Index MoM	-0.10	0.10	percent	Jan 2026
Manufacturing Production	-1.90	-3.90	percent	Sep 2025
Mining Production	0.00	1.30	percent	Sep 2025
New Orders	35.00	23.00	points	Dec 2025
Plant Machinery Capital Expenditure	11.50	0.70	percent	Sep 2025
Private Capital Expenditure	6.40	0.40	percent	Sep 2025
Small Business Sentiment	-2.00	-8.00	points	Sep 2025
New Vehicle Sales	87092.00	98744.00	Units	Jan 2026

Australia Composite Leading Indicator

The composite leading indicator (CLI) is designed to provide early signals of turning points in business cycles showing fluctuation of the economic activity around its long term potential level. CLIs show short-term economic movements in qualitative rather than quantitative terms.