FINANCIAL STABILITY REVIEW – MARCH 2007

Contents

Overview

The Macroeconomic and Financial Environment

Box A: Developments in the US Sub-prime Mortgage Market

Box B: Disaggregated Analysis of Owner-occupier Housing Debt and Assets

Financial Intermediaries

Box C: Foreign-owned Banks in Australia

Developments in the Financial System Infrastructure

Article

Private Equity in Australia

List of graphs

List of tables

The material in this Financial Stability Review was finalised on 23 March 2007.

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

The Review uses data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, which was initiated and is funded by the Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaCSIA), and is managed by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (MIAESR). The findings and views reported in this publication should not be attributed to either FaCSIA or the MIAESR. For copyright and disclaimer notices relating to data in the Review see the Reserve Bank’s website.

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