RBA

Components for GDP on the expenditure side of the national accounts – expenditure on consumption, investment (including inventories) and exports less imports – can provide an important read on the composition of demand. For China, these components are available in contributions to year-ended GDP growth, which provides insight into trends…

The strength in labour market conditions after the COVID-19 pandemic caused many individuals to either enter the labour market or to change jobs. These labour dynamics may have an influence on both recent and longer term productivity outcomes by affecting how well workers’ skills are matched to their new jobs….

The RBA’s Securitisation Dataset provides timely and detailed data on the individual mortgages underlying Australian residential mortgage-backed securities. This dataset complements other data sources the RBA uses to form its assessment of financial stability risks arising from mortgage lending. Understanding the representativeness of the dataset in relation to the broader…

Housing loan arrears rates have increased from low levels since late 2022, with banks expecting them to rise a little further from here. Understanding what has been driving this increase is important for the RBA’s assessment of risks to financial stability and the economic outlook. Using loan-level data for variable-rate…

In 2019, the repurchase agreement (repo) market became the second largest onshore short-term wholesale funding market in Australia. In addition to its size, the range of participants and diversity of collateral used to obtain funds under repo has grown in recent years. As a result, the repo market provides valuable…