Monetary Policy Data
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Category: Financial Statistics
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Last Updated: 31 March 2021
January 2021
Monetary Policy Data
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Jan 21 |
Dec 20 |
Jan 20
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Foreign Reserves (TOP million) |
705.3 |
675.6 |
482.9 |
Months of Imports (trade estimate)1 |
12.0 |
11.7r |
7.4r |
Months of Imports (Overseas Exchange Transactions estimate)1 |
14.8 |
14.1 |
9.4 |
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Inflation (apc)2 |
1.3 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
Imported (apc)2 |
1.8 |
1.2 |
3.6 |
Domestic (apc)2 |
0.7 |
-0.7 |
-2.9 |
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Activity Indicators |
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Total Credit Growth (apc)3 |
-1.2 |
-1.1 |
3.7 |
Total Outstanding Loan (Ann. Tot $ m)3 |
494.5 |
495.4 |
500.7 |
Household (apc)4 |
-1.1 |
-1.0 |
0.3 |
Business (apc)4 |
-1.4 |
-1.1 |
7.8 |
Exchange Settlement Accounts (TOP million) |
250.8 |
242.2 |
167.7 |
NRBT Notes on issue (TOP million) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Banks' holding of Govt Securities (TOP million) |
33.8 |
35.5 |
25.6 |
Broad Money (M2, TOP million)5 |
706.9 |
707.5 |
592.5 |
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Overseas Exchange Transactions6 |
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Imports (annual Total, TOP million) |
425.1 |
423.3 |
429.9 |
Imports (apc) |
-1.1 |
-1.0 |
-0.7 |
Exports (annual Total, TOP million) |
12.3 |
12.3 |
19.4 |
Exports (apc) |
-36.8 |
-38.1 |
-5.0 |
Travel Receipts (annual Total, TOP million) |
33.6 |
43.6 |
135.0r |
Travel Receipts (apc) |
-75.1 |
-67.8 |
12.9r |
Remittances (annual Total, TOP million)7 |
403.2 |
398.0 |
350.3r |
Remittances (apc)7 |
15.1 |
14.3 |
-0.2r |
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Financial Markets |
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Exchange Rate |
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USD/TOP |
0.4386 |
0.4382 |
0.4354 |
AUD/TOP |
0.5658 |
0.5813 |
0.6327 |
NZD/TOP |
0.6085 |
0.6174 |
0.6576 |
FJD/TOP |
0.8680 |
0.8773 |
0.8987 |
Nominal Trade Weighted Index8 |
85.68 |
86.55 |
91.70 |
Real Trade Weighted Index8 |
98.05 |
99.65 |
106.21r |
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Interest Rates |
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Weighted Average Lending Rate (%)9 |
7.68 |
7.68 |
8.03 |
Housing (%) |
8.06 |
8.06 |
8.04 |
Business (%)9 |
7.11 |
7.10 |
7.91 |
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Weighted Average Deposit Rate (%)9 |
1.97 |
1.98 |
2.00 |
12-month term (%) |
4.37 |
4.48 |
4.74 |
Savings (%) |
2.53 |
2.54 |
2.55 |
Term (%)9 |
3.33 |
3.36 |
3.45 |
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Notes:
apc = annual percent change 1- Methodology used for this calculation has changed in February 2017 to include both imports of goods and services. compared to previous publications. 2- CPI as published by the Statistics Department was rebased in September 2018. The base period of September 2018 = 100. 3- This series includes total loans from the banking system, including Government Development Loan. 4- The methodology for calculating this series was updated in August 2014, resulting in revisions to the full history of data. 5- The methodology for calculating this series was updated in March 2014, resuting in revisions to the data backdating to January 2012 6- Historical OET data up to May 2014 has been updated with the transition to Balance of Payments Manual 6. 7- The methodology for calculating this series was updated in May 2015, resulting in revisions to the data backdating to May 2014. 8- The methodology for calculating this series was updated in September 2013, resulting in revisions to the full history of data. 9- The methodology for calculating this series was updated to include interest rates and total loans of the Government Development Loans. r- Data in previous months may have been adjusted to incorporate revisions.
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Last Updated on 16 March 2021 |
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