5671.0 - Lending Finance, Australia, Dec 2011  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 15/02/2012   
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DECEMBER KEY FIGURES

Nov 2011
Dec 2011
Nov 2011 to Dec 2011
$m
$m
% change

TREND ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation(a)
13 808
13 905
0.7
Personal finance
7 271
7 238
-0.5
Commercial finance
33 696
33 644
-0.2
Lease finance
447
456
1.9
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation(a)
13 841
14 125
2.0
Personal finance
7 065
7 093
0.4
Commercial finance
32 726
32 445
-0.9
Lease finance
491
427
-13.1

(a) Excludes alterations and additions

Personal Finance
Graph: Personal Finance

Commercial Finance
Graph: Commercial Finance




DECEMBER KEY POINTS


DECEMBER 2011 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 2011:

HOUSING FINANCE FOR OWNER OCCUPATION
  • The total value of owner occupied housing commitments excluding alterations and additions rose 0.7% in trend terms and the seasonally adjusted series rose 2.0%.


PERSONAL FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total personal finance commitments fell 0.5%. Revolving credit commitments fell 0.8% and fixed lending commitments fell 0.1%.
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total personal finance commitments rose 0.4%. Revolving credit commitments rose 3.3%, while fixed lending commitments fell 1.9%.


COMMERCIAL FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total commercial finance commitments fell 0.2%. Revolving credit commitments fell 1.5%, while fixed lending commitments rose 0.5%.
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total commercial finance commitments fell 0.9% in December 2011, following a fall 10.4% in November 2011. Revolving credit commitments fell 8.0%, following a fall 21.0% in the previous month. Fixed lending commitments rose 2.5%, after a 4.4% fall in the previous month.


LEASE FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total lease finance commitments rose 1.9%, while the seasonally adjusted series fell 13.1%.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
January 2012 15 March 2012
February 2012 16 April 2012
March 2012 16 May 2012
April 2012 12 June 2012
May 2012 16 July 2012
June 2012 13 August 2012



CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

Seasonal Factors

Seasonally adjusted and trend estimates for lending finance have been revised as a result of the annual seasonal re-analysis which takes account of additional data that have become available since the previous re-analysis.


REVISIONS

In this issue revisions have been made to the original series as a result of improved reporting of survey and administrative data. These revisions have impacted on:
  • Personal finance values for the period September 2011 to November 2011;
  • Owner occupied housing finance values for the period October 2011 to November 2011.

Seasonally adjusted and trend series have been revised as a result of revisions to the original series, the incorporation of estimates for the latest month and the revision of seasonal factors due to the concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology.


INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Andriy Opryshko on Canberra (02) 6252 5223.