FINANCIAL STABILITY REVIEW – MARCH 2006

Contents

Overview

The Macroeconomic and Financial Environment

Box A: International Commercial Property Developments

Financial Intermediaries

Box B: Competition in Household Lending in New Zealand and the United Kingdom

Box C: Foreign Currency Exposure and Hedging Practices of Australian Banks

Developments in the Financial System Infrastructure

Articles

The Structure of the Australian Financial System

The Performance of Australian Residential Mortgage-backed Securities

List of graphs

List of tables

The material in this Financial Stability Review was finalised on 24 March 2006.

The Financial Stability Review is published semi-annually in March and September.

For copyright and disclaimer notices relating to data in the Review see the Bank’s website.

ISSN 1449–3896 (Print)
ISSN 1449–5260 (Online)