STATEMENT ON MONETARY POLICY – AUGUST 2008

List of graphs

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Graph 1: Sentiment and Activity Indicators

Graph 2: International Consumer Prices

Graph 3: United States – GDP

Graph 4: United States – Consumption Indicators

Graph 5: United States – Payrolls Employment

Graph 6: United States – CPI and Labour Costs

Graph 7: China – Activity Indicators

Graph 8: Other East Asia – Terms of Trade

Graph 9: RBA Index of Commodity Prices

Graph 10: Bulk Commodity Prices

Graph 11: US Mortgage Delinquencies and Foreclosures

Graph 12: US Sub-prime Delinquencies by Vintage

Graph 13: Banks’ Write-downs and Capital Raisings

Graph 14: Credit Default Swap Index

Graph 15: 3-month LIBOR to Swap Spread

Graph 16: Mortgage Credit and Lending Rates

Graph 17: Policy Rates

Graph 18: Policy Rates

Graph 19: US Government Bond Yields

Graph 20: US Corporate Bond Yields

Graph 21: US Issuance of Mortgage-backed Securities

Graph 22: East Asia – Nominal Interest Rates

Graph 23: MSCI World Share Price Indices

Graph 24: US Major TWI

Graph 25: US Dollar against Euro and Yen

Graph 26: Selected Asian Currencies against US Dollar

Graph 27: Australian Dollar

Graph 28: Intraday Range in A$/US$

Graph 29: GDP

Graph 30: Consumption Indicators

Graph 31: Real Household Disposable Income

Graph 32: Household Net Worth

Graph 33: Housing Loan Approvals and Credit

Graph 34: House Prices

Graph 35: Building Approvals

Graph 36: Business Surveys

Graph 37: Business Investment

Graph 38: National Office Property Indicators

Graph 39: Wheat Production

Graph 40: Resource Export Volumes

Graph 41: Short-term Arrivals and Departures

Graph 42: Real Exchange Rate and Terms of Trade

Graph 43: Labour Market

Graph 44: Labour Market Indicators

Graph 45: Money Market Interest Rates

Graph 46: 10-year Interest Rates

Graph 47: Share Price Indices

Graph 48: Australian Share Price Indices

Graph 49: Superannuation Funds’ Media Returns

Graph 50: MSCI Australia P/E Ratios

Graph 51: Equity Raisings

Graph 52: Australian Banks’ Bond Issuance

Graph 53: Major Banks’ Bond Pricing at Issuance

Graph 54: Commercial Banks’ 5-year Credit Default Swap Premia

Graph 55: RMBS Issuance

Graph 56: Australian ABCP Outstanding

Graph 57: Term Deposit Rates

Graph 58: Credit

Graph 59: Value of Owner-occupier Loan Approvals

Graph 60: Personal Lending

Graph 61: Average Interest Rates on Outstanding Loans

Graph 62: Business Funding

Graph 63: Syndicated Loan Approvals

Graph 64: Corporate Bond Issuance

Graph 65: Australian Corporate Bond Yields

Graph 66: Consumer Price Inflation

Graph 67: CPI Items Rising Faster than 2.5 Per Cent

Graph 68: Tradables and Non-tradables Prices

Graph 69: Wage Growth

Graph 70: Non-farm Labour Productivity

Graph 71: Producer Prices at Final Stage of Production

Graph 72: Business Margins

Graph 73: Indicators of Inflation Expectations

Graph 74: Australia’s Trading Partner GDP

Graph 75: Terms of Trade

Graph 76: Indicators of Capacity Pressures

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Boxes

Graph A1: Global Food Commodity Prices

Graph A2: World Crop Production and Consumption

Graph B1: Australian Credit-wrapped Bond Market

Graph B2: Domestic Non-government AAA Bond Spreads

Graph C1: Consumer Price Inflation

Graph C2: CPI Inflation