STATEMENT ON MONETARY POLICY – MAY 2008

List of graphs

Text | Boxes

Graph 1: World GDP

Graph 2: International Consumer Prices

Graph 3: United States – GDP

Graph 4: United States – National Accounts

Graph 5: United States – Employment Growth

Graph 6: United States – Housing Indicators

Graph 7: Sentiment Indicators

Graph 8: China – Activity Indicators

Graph 9: East Asia – Business Indicators

Graph 10: East Asia – Exports Growth

Graph 11: RBA Index of Commodity Prices

Graph 12: Bulk Commodity Contract Prices

Graph 13: IMF Commodity Food Price Index

Graph 14: US Mortgage Delinquencies

Graph 15: US Sub-prime Delinquencies by Vintage

Graph 16: Credit Default Swap Index

Graph 17: 3-month LIBOR to Swap Spread

Graph 18: Collateral Held in Market Operations

Graph 19: Policy Rates

Graph 20: Policy Rates

Graph 21: China – Monetary Policy Settings

Graph 22: 10-year Government Bond Yields

Graph 23: European Government Bond Spreads

Graph 24: US Corporate Bond Yields

Graph 25: Emerging Market Bond Yields

Graph 26: MSCI World Share Price Indices

Graph 27: US Major TWI

Graph 28: US Dollar against Euro and Yen

Graph 29: Selected Asian Currencies against US Dollar

Graph 30: Australian Dollar

Graph 31: MSCI World Equities Index and Australian Dollar

Graph 32: Intraday Range in A$/US$

Graph 33: GDP Growth

Graph 34: Consumption Indicators

Graph 35: Household Income and Consumption

Graph 36: Auction Clearance Rates

Graph 37: Housing Loan Approvals and Credit Growth

Graph 38: Building Approvals

Graph 39: NAB Business Survey

Graph 40: Profits

Graph 41: Investment

Graph 42: Engineering Construction

Graph 43: National Office Property Indicators

Graph 44: Exports

Graph 45: Resource Export Volumes

Graph 46: Real Exchange Rate and Terms of Trade

Graph 47: Employment Growth

Graph 48: Labour Market Indicators

Graph 49: Money Market Interest Rates

Graph 50: Average Term of Repos Dealt by RBA

Graph 51: 10-year Interest Rates

Graph 52: Australian Share Price Indices

Graph 53: Australian Share Market Volatility

Graph 54: Analysts’ Forecast Earnings per Share

Graph 55: Australian Banks’ Bond Issuance

Graph 56: Total Bond Issuance

Graph 57: Major Banks’ Bond Maturity

Graph 58: Major Banks’ Bond Pricing at Issuance

Graph 59: Commercial Banks’ 5-year Credit Default Swap Premia

Graph 60: Australian ABCP Outstanding

Graph 61: Credit

Graph 62: Housing Rates and Loan Type

Graph 63: Value of Owner-occupier Loan Approvals

Graph 64: Margin Lending

Graph 65: Business Funding

Graph 66: Average Interest Rates on Outstanding Loans

Graph 67: Australian Corporate Bond Yields

Graph 68: Consumer Price Inflation

Graph 69: Major Capital City Underlying Inflation

Graph 70: Inflation

Graph 71: Tradables and Non-tradables Prices

Graph 72: CPI Items Rising Faster than 2.5 Per Cent

Graph 73: Wage Growth

Graph 74: Wage Price Index

Graph 75: Producer Prices

Graph 76: Business Margins

Graph 77: Selling Prices

Graph 78: Australia’s Trading Partner GDP

Graph 79: Terms of Trade

Boxes

Graph B1: State Final Demand

Graph B2: Consumption Indicators

Graph B3: Dwelling Investment

Graph B4: Business Investment

Graph B5: Unemployment Rates

Graph B6: Consumer Price Inflation

Graph C1: Share of Business and Household Borrowings Funded by Capital Markets

Graph D1: Credit and Broad Money

Graph D2: Broad Money