5232.0 - Australian National Accounts: Finance and Wealth, Dec 2018 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/03/2019   
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FINANCIAL MARKET SUMMARY


Outstanding at end
Transactions during
Other changes during
Outstanding at end
Sep Qtr 2018
Dec Qtr 2018
Dec Qtr 2018
Dec Qtr 2018
$b
$b
$b
$b

Currency and deposits
Currency
81.6
3.6
-
85.2
Transferable deposits
905.7
-9.2
1.5
898.0
Other deposits
1 630.9
5.3
6.6
1 642.9
Short term debt securities
Bills of exchange
33.7
-2.4
-
31.3
One name paper
475.9
25.6
4.4
506.0
Long term debt securities
Bonds, etc.
2 524.6
8.6
19.7
2 552.9
Derivatives
Derivatives
460.5
-33.9
84.7
511.3
Loans and placements
Short term
385.6
-21.3
2.2
366.5
Long term
3 752.3
45.1
7.6
3 805.0
Shares and other equity
Listed
1 963.3
-8.1
-181.4
1 773.8
Unlisted
4 538.5
11.3
-97.5
4 452.3
Insurance technical reserves
Reserves of pension funds and life offices
2 531.4
17.2
-113.9
2 434.7
General insurance prepayments and reserves
113.0
1.8
-
114.8

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)


Revaluation losses in the stock market

Other private non-financial corporation and bank shares drove the revaluation losses in the Australian stock market during the quarter.

Graph 1. The listed shares and other equity market
Graph 1 shows The listed shares and other equity market


Other notable movements in financial markets include:
  • Long term loan issuance to other private non-financial corporations and households showed continued strength with interest rates remaining at historically low levels.
  • One name paper issuance by banks in the offshore market of $24.3b, the highest in 10 years.
  • Quarterly deposit growth (0.2%) is the lowest since September 2017.