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Australia Building Approvals 2026-09-30 11:30 Australia/Sydney: data, chart, and analysis

Australia Building Approvals came in at 16.6 on Sep 30, 2026, compared with 17.7 previously. See the full release history, chart, Reserve Bank of Australia context, and API access for this series.

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Actual
16.6
Previous
17.7
Forecast
--
Reference period
2026-08-31

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Australia Building Approvals release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

Australia Building Approvals chart through 2026-08-31
AUD Building Approvals readings through 2026-08-31. Latest: 16.6.

Building Approvals release read

Australia Building Approvals came in at 16.6 on Sep 30, 2026, compared with 17.7 previously. See the full release history, chart, Reserve Bank of Australia context, and API access for this series.

The parent Building Approvals page shows the full time series for Australia. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For AUD event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID aud_building_approvals_2026-09-30
API announcement ID aud_building_approvals_2026-08-31
Release time
2026-09-30 01:30 UTC
Reference period date 2026-08-31
Actual value 16.6
Previous value 17.7
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1790731800

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full Australia Building Approvals history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

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Older release

2026-09-01 11:30 Australia/Sydney · 17.7

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Commodity Prices

Price measure for the economy's principal commodity exports. Published as an index or as a benchmark price depending on the market; check the unit for each currency.

Terms of Trade

Ratio of export prices to import prices. A rise means each unit of exports buys more imports.

Trimmed Mean Inflation

Trimmed mean CPI: the core inflation measure that excludes the largest price rises and falls in the basket.

Wage Price Index

Wage price index: the change in the price of labour for a fixed quantity and quality of work, so it is not distorted by shifts in the composition of the workforce.

Common questions about this release

The value, its publication time, the next scheduled date, and the official publisher for Australia Building Approvals.

What did Australia Building Approvals come in at, and how did it compare with the forecast and the previous reading?

Australia Building Approvals was 16.6 Thousands in August 2026. The previous reading was 17.7 Thousands.

When was this Australia Building Approvals release published?

This release was published on Sep 30, 2026 at 11:30 Australia/Sydney.

When is the next Australia Building Approvals release?

The next Australia Building Approvals release is scheduled for Nov 2, 2026 at 11:30 Australia/Sydney.

What is the official source for Australia Building Approvals?

ABS publishes the official Building Approvals series. FXMacroData stores every release with its announcement timestamp and serves it from the announcements endpoint for this series.

Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1790731800,
  "announcement_id": "aud_building_approvals_2026-08-31",
  "capture_time_basis": "fetch_completed",
  "collected_at_iso": "2026-09-30T01:30:15.408852Z",
  "collected_at_ns": 1790731815408851753,
  "date": "2026-08-31",
  "ingestion_latency_ms": 15408.852,
  "ingestion_latency_reference": "official_planned_release_datetime",
  "observed_at_ns": 1790731815408851753,
  "official_planned_release_datetime": 1790731800,
  "previous_value": 17.7,
  "publication_time_precision": "unknown",
  "publication_time_status": "unverified",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "capture_time_basis": "first_fresh_fetch_completed",
      "epoch": 1790731800,
      "ingestion_latency_ms": 15408.852,
      "ingestion_latency_reference": "official_planned_release_datetime",
      "is_first_release": false,
      "observed_at_ns": 1790731815408851753,
      "official_planned_release_datetime": 1790731800,
      "publication_time_precision": "unknown",
      "publication_time_status": "unverified",
      "val": 16.6,
      "vintage_status": "captured_snapshot"
    },
    {
      "capture_time_basis": "first_fresh_fetch_completed",
      "epoch": 1790731800,
      "ingestion_latency_ms": 18159.228,
      "ingestion_latency_reference": "official_planned_release_datetime",
      "is_first_release": false,
      "observed_at_ns": 1790731818159227868,
      "official_planned_release_datetime": 1790731800,
      "publication_time_precision": "unknown",
      "publication_time_status": "unverified",
      "val": 16.6,
      "vintage_status": "captured_snapshot"
    }
  ],
  "val": 16.6,
  "vintage_status": "captured_snapshot"
}