5671.0 - Lending Finance, Australia, Aug 2009  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 12/10/2009   
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AUGUST KEY FIGURES

Jul 2009
Aug 2009
Jul 2009 to Aug 2009
$m
$m
% change

TREND ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation
17 004
16 965
-0.2
Personal finance
6 945
7 015
1.0
Commercial finance
28 035
27 962
-0.3
Lease finance
392
389
-0.7
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
Housing finance for owner occupation
16 831
16 543
-1.7
Personal finance
6 903
7 184
4.1
Commercial finance
27 012
28 511
5.6
Lease finance
440
398
-9.4


Personal finance
Graph: PERSONAL FINANCE

Commercial finance
Graph: COMMERCIAL FINANCE




AUGUST KEY POINTS


AUGUST 2009 COMPARED WITH JULY 2009:

HOUSING FINANCE FOR OWNER OCCUPATION
  • The total value of owner occupied housing commitments excluding alterations and additions decreased 0.2% in trend terms and the seasonally adjusted series fell 1.7%.


PERSONAL FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total personal finance commitments increased 1.0%. Fixed lending commitments rose 1.3% and revolving credit commitments rose 0.7%.
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total personal finance commitments increased 4.1%, with increases in revolving credit commitments (up 4.5%) and fixed lending commitments (up 3.6%).


COMMERCIAL FINANCE
  • The trend series for the value of total commercial finance commitments decreased 0.3%. Revolving credit commitments fell 0.9%, while fixed lending commitments recorded no change in percentage terms.
  • The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total commercial finance commitments increased 5.6%. Both fixed lending commitments and revolving credit commitments increased, up 7.6% and 1.0% respectively.


LEASE FINANCE
  • Lease finance commitments decreased 0.7% in trend terms and the seasonally adjusted series decreased 9.4%.


NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE Release Date
September 2009 11 November 2009
October 2009 14 December 2009
November 2009 13 January 2010
December 2009 15 February 2010
January 2010 15 March 2010
February 2010 13 April 2010



REVISIONS

Revisions in original terms were made to Housing finance, Personal finance and Commercial finance from May 2009. Seasonally adjusted and trend series have been revised as a result of revisions to the original series and the incorporation of estimates for the latest month.


TREND ESTIMATES

As advised in the previous issue reporting was improved for Personal and Commercial finance from November 2008. In order to facilitate analysis of the time series a trend break has been incorporated between November and December 2008. Further investigation is being conducted and this may result in revisions to the time series.


INQUIRIES

For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Philip Beresford on Canberra (02) 6252 6052.