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ABS Data API

Australian Consumer Price Index, labour force, national accounts, and retail trade data via the ABS SDMX 2.1 REST API.

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About

The Australian Bureau of Statistics is Australia's national statistical agency, responsible for compiling and analyzing economic, social, and demographic statistics. The ABS Data API is an open-access web service built on the Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX 2.1) REST standard, delivering machine-readable time series across the Consumer Price Index, Labour Force, retail trade, and national accounts in XML, JSON, and CSV formats.

Through Fibric, an operator monitors Australian economic indicator updates upon publication, proposing wage indexation adjustments or supply chain inflation forecasts for executive review.

This is a reference listing. It documents what Fibric would read from ABS Data API and what it could propose, based on the publisher's published interfaces. Fibric builds it under a managed deployment when you request it; selecting it here installs nothing.

Inputs

  • Consumer Price Index dataflows and expenditure group sub-indices from GET /data/CPI
  • Labour Force Survey employment counts, unemployment rates, and participation metrics via GET /data/LF
  • Quarterly National Accounts and industry gross value added series through GET /data/ANA_AGG
  • Monthly retail trade turnover figures by industry division from GET /data/RT
  • Dataflow definitions, dimensions, code lists, and concept schemes via GET /dataflow/ABS

Proposed actions

Read-only. This feed informs operators; it changes nothing.

Proposed actions are target capabilities. Every action runs propose-first and needs a validated deployment and the appropriate permissions.

What you can build

  • Index Australian enterprise commercial contracts

    When the quarterly Consumer Price Index publishes, calculate contractual price adjustment formulas and propose updated bill rates for commercial contracts.

    With Price List Drift, Unit Cost

  • Benchmark regional retail sales trends

    Query monthly retail trade turnover by sector to compare enterprise storefront sales against industry benchmarks, proposing quarterly forecast revisions.

    With Forecast Variance, Demand Outlook

  • Track labour market availability for workforce planning

    Incorporate monthly Labour Force Survey regional unemployment metrics into hiring plans, proposing wage rate benchmarking reviews in tightening markets.

    With Board Pack

Requirements

  • SDMX dataflow identifiers and dimension keys matching target statistical collections
  • Scheduling aligned with ABS 11:30 Canberra time scheduled release embargo lifts
  • Source attribution to the Australian Bureau of Statistics under Creative Commons licensing
Authentication
None. The ABS Data API is open access and requires no authentication token, user registration, or API key.

Limits

  • The ABS API limits single data requests to a maximum of 1,000,000 observation cells
  • Query requests exceeding 100,000 observations must request data in SDMX-CSV format rather than JSON
  • Statistical series update on publication dates with preliminary figures subject to routine revisions

Access and pricing

Reference listing. Public feed access is separate from Fibric integration. If you request this feed, your quote covers the build, usage, and support.

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Questions and answers

What standard does the ABS Data API follow?
The ABS Data API conforms to the SDMX 2.1 RESTful web service specification, supporting standardized structure queries, dataflow discovery, and data retrieval in SDMX-JSON, SDMX-ML, and CSV formats.
When does the ABS release new economic statistics?
ABS publications are released at 11:30 AEST/AEDT on scheduled release days. The API updates concurrently with the publication of reports on the ABS website.
Is registration or payment required to use the ABS Data API?
No. The ABS Data API is completely free and accessible without credentials under Creative Commons licensing.
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This Commons signal listing is developed, published, and supported by Fibric. It reads public data published by Australian Bureau of Statistics (data.api.abs.gov.au). Upstream agencies and projects are the property of their respective owners, who are not affiliated with Fibric and do not sponsor or endorse this listing. Trademark policy