NON-FINANCIAL DOMESTIC SECTORS

		Credit market outstandings at end	Demand for credit during	Other changes during	Credit market outstandings at end
		Jun Qtr 2014	Sep Qtr 2014	Sep Qtr 2014	Sep Qtr 2014
		$b	$b	$b	$b
Non-financial corporations
	Investment funds	198.9	-0.0	6.2	205.0
	Other private	2,423.3	33.7	2.9	2,460.0
	Public	124.8	-10.3	-	114.4
General government
	National	355.6	20.9	1.1	377.6
	State and local	146.2	2.7	-	148.9
Households		1,837.3	15.6	7.0	1,859.9
Total		5,086.0	62.6	17.2	5,165.8
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

Graph 1. Total demand for credit


Demand for credit during September quarter 2014 was $62.6b, other private non-financial corporations sector raised a net $33.7b, national general government raised a net $20.9b and the household sector raised a net $15.6b. Other private non-financial corporations sector raised credit primarily through equity issuances ($21.3b) and loan borrowing ($11.3b). National general government raised its credit by issuances of bonds ($18.6b) and the household sector raised credit through loan borrowing of $16.8b.


Graph 2. Credit market outstandings


Credit market outstandings of the domestic non-financial sectors at 30 September 2014 was $5,165.8b, an increase of $79.8b from the previous quarter where the demand for credit contributed $62.6b and valuation increases were $17.2b. The other private non-financial corporations sector has the largest amount of credit outstandings recording $2,460.0b in the September quarter 2014, followed by the household sector and national general government, at $1,859.9b and $377.6b respectively.