2025年第二季度,澳大利亚企业利润意外环比下降2.4%,低于市场预测的1.2%的增长,此前第一季度上调了1.0%的收缩。下降的原因是金融和保险服务(第一季度为-7.5%对-11.9%)、行政和支持服务(-11.4%对-7.2%)、采矿(-0.5%对-6.3%)、批发贸易(-4.6%对3.7%)、运输和仓储(-1.6%对4.2%)、租赁和雇佣服务(-3.6%对0.8%)、电力、天然气、水和废物服务(-1.3%对-3.0%)、制造业(-9.3%对9.5%)、艺术和娱乐服务(-3.1%对0.5%)以及零售贸易(-5.8%对5.0%)的利润下降。按年度计算,截至6月,利润下降了3.3%,此前第一季度向上修正了5.2%的下降,这是一年来最小的年度下降。
Corporate profits in Australia unexpectedly fell by 2.4% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in Q2 2025, missing market forecasts of a 1.2% increase, following an upwardly revised 1.0% contraction in Q1. The decline was driven by profit falls in financial and insurance services (-7.5% vs -11.9% in Q1), administrative and support services (-11.4% vs -7.2%), mining (-0.5% vs -6.3%), wholesale trade (-4.6% vs 3.7%), transport and warehousing (-1.6% vs 4.2%), rental and hiring services (-3.6% vs 0.8%), electricity, gas, water and waste services (-1.3% vs -3.0%), manufacturing (-9.3% vs 9.5%), arts and recreation services (-3.1% vs 0.5%), and retail trade (-5.8% vs 5.0%). On an annual basis, profits declined by 3.3% through the year to June, after an upwardly revised 5.2% drop in Q1, marking the smallest yearly decline in a year.