Further information on the Survey of Consumer Finances is in Arthur B Kennickell, Martha Starr-McCluer, and Annika E Sunden (1997), “Family Finances in the U.S.: Recent Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances,” Federal Reserve Bulletin, vol. 83 (January), pp.
Part of this revenue accrues as profits to Australian owners of existing resource and resource-related companies, wages for workers at these companies and taxes for Australian state and federal governments. Also, foreigners wanting to buy existing Australian resource assets add to the demand for Australian dollars for a time.