The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest – Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product, June 2026 – today (September 2, 2026). This data is now starting to reflect the full impacts of the Middle East disruptions and the interest rate impacts arising from the recent hikes in rates from the RBA. The economy is slowing and really only being held up by the household consumption and exports of fossil fuels. Interestingly, the maintenance of household expenditure is being driven by a surge in demand for electric cars in the face of the rising petrol costs.The fast-tracking of this transition is welcome. The boom in private business investment arising from the data centre expenditure appears to have, for now, peaked in the March-quarter 2026. I expect the economy to remain subdued for the next few quarters.