Financing resources and investment table
Non-financial corps | Financial corps | Government | Households | Total national | Rest of world | |||
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Financing resources | ||||||||
Net saving (a) | 3.4 | 15.4 | -15.3 | 37.7 | 41.3 | -17.6 | ||
plus Consumption of fixed capital | 44.7 | 3.2 | 11.6 | 31.8 | 91.2 | - | ||
Gross saving | 48.1 | 18.6 | -3.7 | 69.5 | 132.5 | -17.6 | ||
plus Net capital transfers | 0.3 | 0.0 | -2.0 | 1.5 | -0.2 | 0.2 | ||
less Statistical discrepancy (b) | - | - | - | - | 7.5 | - | ||
Total financing resources | 48.4 | 18.6 | -5.7 | 71.0 | 124.8 | -17.4 | ||
Uses of financing (investment) | ||||||||
Capital formation | ||||||||
Gross fixed capital formation | 46.1 | 2.7 | 18.9 | 39.3 | 106.9 | - | ||
plus Changes in inventories | -0.4 | 0.0 | 1.1 | -0.3 | 0.5 | - | ||
plus Net acquisition of non-produced non-financial assets | -1.0 | - | 1.0 | - | - | - | ||
Total capital formation | 44.7 | 2.7 | 21.0 | 39.0 | 107.4 | - | ||
plus Financial investment | ||||||||
Aquistition of financial assets | 19.6 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 34.1 | -51.3 | -66.6 | ||
less Incurrence of financial liabilities | 12.0 | -12.9 | 16.6 | 30.0 | -66.6 | -51.3 | ||
Net Financial investment (Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-)) | 7.6 | 17.0 | -13.4 | 4.0 | 15.3 | -15.3 | ||
less Net errors and omissions | 3.8 | 1.1 | 13.3 | -27.9 | -2.2 | 2.2 | ||
Total investment | 48.4 | 18.6 | -5.7 | 71.0 | 124.8 | -17.4 |
- nil or rounded to zero
(a) Net saving for the rest of world is the balance on the external income account.
(b) The statistical discrepancy is not able to be distributed among the sectors.
Financial market summary table
Amounts outstanding, Dec-20 | Transactions, Mar-21 | Other changes, Mar-21 | Amounts outstanding, Mar-21 | ||
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Currency and deposits | |||||
Currency | 102.8 | -1.8 | - | 101.0 | |
Transferable deposits | 1,554.6 | 139.7 | 0.4 | 1,694.7 | |
Other deposits | 1,420.9 | -14.4 | 0.5 | 1,407.0 | |
Short term debt securities | |||||
Bills of exchange | 12.4 | -0.5 | - | 11.9 | |
One name paper | 486.3 | -0.3 | -0.4 | 485.6 | |
Long term debt securities | |||||
Bonds, etc. | 3,195.3 | 7.4 | -82.5 | 3,120.2 | |
Derivatives | |||||
Derivatives | 951.2 | -154.0 | -69.5 | 727.8 | |
Loans and placements | |||||
Short term | 385.0 | -8.7 | 0.2 | 376.4 | |
Long term | 4,091.5 | 34.7 | -2.5 | 4,123.8 | |
Shares and other equity | |||||
Listed | 2,252.4 | 7.0 | 69.8 | 2,329.1 | |
Unlisted | 5,031.1 | 20.5 | 74.7 | 5,126.4 | |
Insurance technical reserves | |||||
Reserves of pension funds and life | 2,863.2 | 16.3 | 63.2 | 2,942.7 | |
General insurance payments | 138.8 | -0.6 | 0.0 | 138.3 |
- nil or rounded to zero
Flow of funds diagrams
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Net transactions during March quarter 2021

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Net transactions during March quarter 2021
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Amounts outstanding at end of March quarter 2021

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Amounts outstanding at end of March quarter 2021
National investment
National investment decreased $13.5b to $107.4b in the March quarter.
- General government investment decreased by $1.2b to $21.0b driven by a decrease in both national and state and local government gross fixed capital formation.
- Non-financial corporations' investment decreased $7.1b to $44.7b, driven by a decrease in private non-financial corporations gross fixed capital formation.
- Household investment decreased $5.0b to $39.0b, down from $44.0b in the previous quarter.
Financial investment
Australia was a net lender of $15.3b, the eight consecutive quarter of net lending. The main contributors were a:
- $20.0b in net maturities of bonds held by ROW
- $16.7b acquisition of ROW equities, driven by pension funds, other private non-financial corporations (OPNFC) and non-money market funds
Net maturities of authorised deposit taking institution (ADI) bonds led to a decrease in bond liabilities. Pension funds, OPNFC and non-money market funds continued to invest in overseas equities markets as economic conditions continued to improve.
Households
Households' $4.0b net lending position was the result of a $34.1b acquisition of assets and a $30.0b incurrence of liabilities, driven by a:
- $19.3b transaction in net equity in pension funds
- $15.5b transaction in deposits
- partly offset by $26.6b loan borrowing
The deposits transactions reflects increased saving due to ongoing government income support packages. With improvements in the housing market households increased their loan borrowings. Net equity in pension funds transactions reflect improving labour market conditions as household contributions and drawdowns in superannuation stabilised following the conclusion of the government policy for early access to superannuation in December quarter 2020.
Non-financial corporations
Non-financial corporations' $7.6b net lending position was due to a $19.6b acquisition of financial assets and a $12.0b incurrence of liabilities. The acquisition in assets was driven by a:
- $16.1b acquisition of deposits
- $6.6b in loan borrowing
Deposits increased as non-financial corporations continued to save. Businesses increased loan borrowings as the economic outlook improved.
General government
General government's $13.4b net borrowing position was due to a $3.2b acquisition of assets and $16.6b incurrence of liabilities and driven by:
- $15.0b drawdown of deposit assets
- $23.9b net issuance of bonds
- $1.4b repayment of loans
Government drew down on deposits and issued debt to finance expenditure while reducing loan borrowings.