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Changes to Statistical Tables

5 January 2012

Share Market - Table F7

The ‘S&P/ASX 200 Banks’, ‘S&P/ASX 200 Industrials’ and ‘S&P/ASX 200 Resources’ series have been rebased to 5 July 2002 = 3215, the first date that all of these indices are published from. The base value is the value of the S&P/ASX 200 on that day and corrects an inconsistency in the bases that were previously used. Some minor changes to the notes have also been made.

15 December 2011

Daily Foreign Exchange Market Intervention Transactions – Table A5

Both the ‘Market’ and ‘Government and other counterparties’ measures of RBA Net Foreign Exchange Transactions have been replaced with a single new series of RBA Daily Foreign Exchange Market Intervention Transactions. Accordingly, the title of the table has also been changed from ‘Reserve Bank of Australia – Daily Net Foreign Exchange Transactions’ to ‘Reserve Bank of Australia – Daily Foreign Exchange Market Intervention Transactions’. The new series is a considerably more accurate record of the RBA's foreign exchange market interventions from 1989 onwards, although it should not be considered definitive. It has been created by applying a filter to the daily foreign exchange transactions series and utilising institutional knowledge to refine the results. These data will be updated annually following the release of the RBA Annual Report. For further information on the RBA's foreign exchange market intervention transactions, see Newman V, C Potter and M Wright (2011), 'Foreign Exchange Market Intervention', RBA Bulletin, December, pp 67–76.

31 October 2011

Bank Lending Classified by Sector - Table D5

The ‘Commercial lending – Non-financial sector’ series has been renamed to ‘Commercial lending – Business sector’. This series has also been made consistent with the construction of the RBA's measure of business credit; in addition to loans outstanding to businesses on the balance sheet of banks, it now includes selected debt securities held by banks and bills on issue.

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27 October 2011

Measures of Consumer Price Inflation - Table G1
Consumer Price Index - Table G2

The Measures of Consumer Price Inflation and Consumer Price Index tables have been amended to incorporate changes associated with the introduction of the 16th series of the CPI in the September quarter CPI release. Measures of Consumer Price Inflation now includes the seasonally adjusted CPI published by the ABS. The names of expenditure groups in the Consumer Price Index table have been revised to reflect the 16th series terminology but series identifiers remain the same.

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16 September 2011

Measures of Consumer Price Inflation - Table G1

The ‘Weighted median’ and ‘Trimmed mean’ under the heading ‘Other consumer price measures’ have been revised to reflect the revised seasonal factors as per the ABS information paper 'Seasonal Adjustment of Consumer Price Indexes, 2011'. From the September quarter 2002, the ‘Weighted median’ and ‘Trimmed mean’ data are as released in the information paper. Data for the period prior to September 2002 are calculated by the RBA using seasonal factors provided by the ABS. Note that the results in the ABS information paper are preliminary and are subject to revision when the September quarter 2011 CPI data are released. ‘Weighted median’ and ‘Trimmed mean’ price measures to two decimal places will no longer be published in the table as these data are no longer available from the ABS.

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8 April 2011

Measures of Consumer Price Inflation - Table G1

The ‘All groups excluding interest charges and the tax changes of 1999–2000’ series in the ‘Consumer Price Index – Analytical Series’ table has been added to statistical table G1 under the heading ‘Consumer price index’. These data will continue to be published in the ‘Consumer Price Index – Analytical Series’ table.

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21 October 2010

International Banking Statistics

Commencing today, the Reserve Bank of Australia has implemented changes to the tables for International Banking Statistics (IBS). Statistical table Assets, Liabilities and Exposures - B11 will no longer be updated because the data are duplicated in statistical table Assets and Liabilities - Additional Locational Data (now numbered B11.1), and Exposures - Additional Consolidated Data (now numbered B11.2). The statistical tables for the IBS have also been renumbered to assist users with searching.

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9 July 2010

Labour Force - Table G7

The ‘Aggregate hours worked’ data in this statistical table have been replaced with the labour force survey measure of total monthly hours worked. This series is now consistent with the other labour force survey data in the table. Previously ‘Aggregate hours worked’ data were sourced from the national accounts and referred to total hours worked on a quarterly basis and included hours worked by defence personnel.

The job vacancies series is now reported in the reference month of each survey rather than the end month of the quarter.

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14 May 2010

Monetary Statistics (IMF Framework) - Central Bank Survey - Table D11
Monetary Statistics (IMF Framework) - Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions Survey - Table D12
Monetary Statistics (IMF Framework) - Consolidated Survey - Table D13

Three tables have been added to show the monetary statistics survey using the International Monetary Fund (IMF) statistical framework. The consolidated survey comprises data for two subsectors, namely the central bank and authorised deposit-taking institutions. The surveys are based on the accounting identity underlying the sectoral balance sheets and are in accordance with international standards contained in the IMF Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual 2000. The tables will be published on a monthly basis.

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12 May 2010

Market Shares of Credit and Charge Card Schemes - Table C2

Changes have been introduced to Table C2 to exclude scheme debit transactions from the market share data. All new market share data will be calculated based on credit and charge card transactions only. Historical data from March 2008 have been revised to remove scheme debit transactions. Data on scheme debit transactions are available in Debit Card Statistics - Table C5. For further information on the changes to Table C2 see Exclusion of Scheme Debit Transactions from Table C2.

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15 April 2010

Turnover of Selected Commonwealth Government Securities - Table E12

Data series have been added to this table which show the total Treasury bonds on issue since September 2006. These data were previously published as part of the weekly Turnover of Selected Government Securities press release, which the Reserve Bank will no longer publish.

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14 April 2010

Open Market Operations - 2009 to Current - Table A3

A series which shows for future dates the value of repurchase agreements scheduled to unwind has been added to the statistical table A3.

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6 April 2010

US Dollar Exchange Rates and Gold Price - Table F12

The data in this statistical table have been adjusted to make them compatible with the data in statistical table F11. Previously, USD rates were the exchange rates prevailing at the New York close on the last trading day of each month. The new figures are calculated by crossing the USD/AUD rate with other AUD/currency rates prevailing at the 4.00 pm Sydney Fix on the last day of the month, as shown in statistical table F11. The full history in statistical table F12 has been revised.

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23 March 2010

Treasury Note Tenders - 1989–2006 - Table E4
Treasury Bond Tenders - 1982–2006 - Table E5
Treasury Bond Tenders - Amount Allotted, by Years to Maturity - 1982–2006 - Table E5
Treasury Bond Switch Tenders - 2008 - Table E6
Treasury Capital Indexed Bonds - 1985–2006 - Table E7

Tenders of Commonwealth Government Securities have been conducted by the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) since October 2006. The Reserve Bank of Australia will no longer update these tables as the data are produced by the AOFM and available from their website. Data on tenders conducted by the Reserve Bank are contained in the historical data section of the website.

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21 January 2010

The December 2009 edition of the Reserve Bank Bulletin (released on 17 December) was the last in a monthly format, which until that date included a set of Statistical Tables. From 2010 the Bulletin has been refocused as a quarterly publication of articles and speeches, with the first quarterly Bulletin published on 11 March 2010.

Commencing today the Reserve Bank of Australia has implemented a new data release policy. The historical data files that were previously updated monthly on the Bank’s website on the day of release of the hard copy Bulletin (third Thursday each month) are now published on the website as Statistical Tables and updated as data become available (refer to Publication Schedule). Subsequent changes to the Statistical Tables (such as new tables and/or changes to series in the existing tables) will be notified in this document in descending chronological order.

Details of earlier changes to the former Bulletin Statistical Tables are available in Changes to Bulletin Tables – 2000 to 2009.

Set out below are details of changes to Statistical Tables implemented on 21 January.

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Reserve Bank of Australia – Liabilities and Assets – Monthly and Weekly – Table A1

Assets in Table A1 have been amended, with the series for the RBA’s holdings of Australian Government securities replacing the previous series for holdings of Australian Government Treasury notes. Australian Government securities previously reported in the ‘Other’ series have been reclassified.

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Reserve Bank of Australia – Open Market Operations – Table A3

This statistical table has been adjusted to become consistent with the daily Open Market Operations spreadsheet previously published on the RBA website. Details of repurchase agreements now appear on separate worksheets labelled as ‘Govt & Quasi-Govt Repo Details’ and ‘Private Securities Repo Details’. ‘RP weighted average term’ and ‘RP weighted average rate’ have been replaced with data relating to each term dealt and recorded on the additional worksheets. Details on outright securities transactions contracted under Open Market Operations have also been added. In addition, the statistical table has been split into two ranges of dates, the first recording open market operations from 2003 to 2008, and the second from 2009 onwards.

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Reserve Bank of Australia – Daily Net Foreign Exchange Transactions – New Table A5

This table publishes the value of daily net foreign exchange transactions undertaken by the RBA. Updates to the table will be published annually with a one-year lag.

RBA transactions are divided into two types. Market transactions include transactions undertaken with authorised foreign exchange dealers in Australia or overseas. Transactions with Government and other counterparties include foreign exchange transactions with the Australian Government, outright transactions with other central banks and international financial institutions that are not intended to affect the exchange rate, and transactions with clients other than the Australian Government.

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Managed Funds – Table B18

Table B18 now includes more detail on the sources of managed funds, specifically data on funds from ‘other domestic’ and ‘overseas’ sources. Data on the asset allocation of domestic managed fund institutions have also been added.

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Household Finances – Selected Ratios – Table B21

The ‘Interest payments to disposable income – total’ and ‘Interest payments to disposable income – housing’ are now calculated by the Reserve Bank using average interest rates on outstanding housing and other personal debt. These were previously calculated using unpublished ABS data, which have been discontinued. Prior to 1993, the ABS series are used.

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Monetary Aggregates – Table D3

Some minor changes to series titles have been introduced for consistency.

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Australian Government Budget – Annual – Table E1

The table includes a new series ‘Latest Budget estimate’. This shows the latest Budget estimates for the current financial year. This series was previously only available in the hard copy version of the table published in the Bulletin, which has been discontinued.

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Turnover of Selected Commonwealth Government Securities – New Table E12

These data, which were previously published on the RBA website for only the previous week, are now provided in a time series starting in September 1997.

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Interest Rates and Yields – Money Market – Daily and Monthly – Table F1

A series for the cash rate target has been added to the table, as have 1-, 3- and 6-month Treasury Note yields. This table also replaces data previously updated daily on the RBA website in ‘Interest Rates and Yields: Money Market and Commonwealth Government Securities’, which was an extension to Occasional Paper No 10.

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Capital Market Yields – Government Bonds – Daily and Monthly – Table F2

A series for 2-year Australian Government bonds yields has been added to the table. This table also replaces data previously updated daily on the RBA website in ‘Interest Rates and Yields: Money Market and Commonwealth Government Securities’, which was an extension to Occasional Paper No 10.

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Retail Deposit and Investment Rates – Table F4

Table F4 now includes data on the average indicator rate offered by the five largest banks across all of their term deposits as well as the average indicator rate on their term deposit ‘specials’.

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Foreign Exchange Turnover Against Australian Dollars – Table F9
Foreign Exchange Turnover Against All Currencies – Table F10

Tables F9 and F10 now contain turnover of an additional foreign exchange instrument – currency swaps. The series begins in March 2007, and is added to the total turnover series.

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Exchange Rates – Daily and Monthly – Table F11

The format of Table F11 has been changed to facilitate an expansion of coverage to include all currencies in the TWI plus the SDR. It has been split in two, to cover 1969 to 2009, and 2010 onwards.

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Real Exchange Rate Measures – New Table F15

The real exchange rate measures that were previously published in a separate spreadsheet on the Reserve Bank website will now be included in a new statistical table, F15, with details of their calculation shown in the accompanying Notes.

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Indicative Mid Rates of Commonwealth Government Securities – Table F16

This table, which was already published on the RBA website, has been moved to the new Statistics page and split in two – 1992 to 2008, and 2009 to current – to facilitate downloading.

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Measures of Consumer Price Inflation – Table G1

The RBA underlying measures shown to two decimal places have been added to this table.

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Balance of Payments – Current Account – Monthly – Table H1
Balance of Payments – Current Account – Quarterly – Table H1

These tables have been renamed ‘Exports and Imports – Monthly’ and ‘Balance of Payments – Current Account’.

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Exports and Imports of Goods and Services – Table H3

This table has been renamed ‘Balance of Payments – Exports and Imports’.

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International Economic Statistics – Real Gross Domestic Product – Table I1
International Economic Statistics – Consumer Prices – Table I2
International Economic Statistics – Unemployment – Table I3

All series in these tables are now available in downloadable Excel format. The base year for data in Table I1 has been changed to 2000 = 100.

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