Finance

In December 2022, new loan commitments (seasonally adjusted):

• fell 4.3% for housing
• fell 2.8% for personal fixed term loans
• rose 99.4% for business construction (a typically volatile series) but fell 0.6% in trend terms
• fell 6.1% for business purchase of property (a typically volatile series) and fell 1.4% in trend terms

• Household spending increased 11.4% through the year on a current price, calendar adjusted basis.
• Through the year, household spending increased for both services (+24.0%) and goods (+1.2%).
• Through the year, both non-discretionary (+17.1%) and discretionary (+6.3%) spending increased.

During the September 2022 quarter:

• Total residential mortgages rose $1.1b (0.8%) to $134.8b.

During the September 2022 quarter:

• the total managed funds industry fell by $0.2b to $4,306.1b funds under management
• consolidated assets of managed funds institutions rose $18.3b (0.5%) to $3,485.4b
• cross invested assets fell $7.7b (-1.5%) to $497.3b
• unconsolidated assets rose $10.6b (0.3%) to $3,982.7b.

In 2019–20

• Average equivalised disposable household income was $1,124 per week. 
• Average net worth for all Australian households in 2019–20 was $1.04 million. 
• Total average liabilities for households saw a statistically significant increase from $189,500 in 2017–18 to $203,800 in 2019–20.
• Three in four (75%) households had debt in 2019–20. 

• Total average property assets increased from $653,700 per household in December 2019 to $731,100 in December 2020.
• Income from government payments increased by $55 per week, to $263 per week.  
• COVID-19 early access superannuation scheme withdrawals were mainly used for mortgage or rent payments (31%) or household bills (29%).

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• Average weekly household spending on goods and services was $1,425.
• Household spending on goods and services increased by 15% since 2009-10.
• Average weekly spending on goods and services was highest in the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory and lowest in Tasmania and South Australia.

• Total labour costs incurred by employers were $760.9 billion. 
• Employee earnings accounted for 87.3% of total labour costs.
• Private and public sector labour costs accounted for 77.7% and 22.3% of labour costs for all employers respectively.

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