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Chapter 26—Financial system 909<br />

26.39 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, Total Assets by Institutional Sector—1901 and 2000<br />

1901<br />

$b (2000<br />

Type of institution<br />

£m<br />

prices)(a)<br />

%<br />

$b<br />

%<br />

Central Bank . . . . . . 51.4 3<br />

Banks<br />

Trading 121.6 11.6 52 740.2 38<br />

Saving 35.2 3.4 15 . . . .<br />

Total(b) 156.8 15.0 67 740.2 38<br />

Other depository corporations<br />

Building societies 4.0 0.4 2 12.9 1<br />

Credit cooperatives . . . . . . 19.7 1<br />

Money market corporations . . . . . . 65.1 3<br />

Pastoral finance companies 32.5 3.1 14 5.9 —<br />

Finance companies . . . . . . 44.3 2<br />

General financiers . . . . . . 26.4 1<br />

Cash management trusts . . . . . . 24.7 1<br />

Total(b) 36.5 3.5 16 191.8 10<br />

Life insurance corporations<br />

Life insurance companies 32.5 3.1 14 188.6 10<br />

Friendly societies 2.9 0.3 1 6.2 —<br />

Total(b) 35.4 3.4 15 194.8 10<br />

Pension funds . . . . . . 422.9 21<br />

Other insurance companies 3.9 0.4 2 74.0 4<br />

Central borrowing authorities . . . . . . 89.8 5<br />

Financial intermediaries n.e.c. 0.7 0.1 — 202.5 10<br />

Total(b) 233.3 22.3 100 1 967.4 100<br />

(a) Pounds converted to dollars by multipying by two (2) and by CPI changes. (b) Aggregates are summations, not<br />

consolidations.<br />

Source: Various reports and publications.<br />

1901<br />

1901<br />

2000<br />

2000<br />

26.40 RELATIVE SIZE OF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM, <strong>Australia</strong>—1901 and 2000<br />

$b<br />

15<br />

10<br />

5<br />

1901 Left hand scale<br />

2000 Right hand scale<br />

$b<br />

700<br />

600<br />

500<br />

400<br />

300<br />

200<br />

100<br />

0<br />

Central Borrowing Authorities<br />

Pension Funds<br />

Other Depository Corporations<br />

Financial Intermediaries nec Other Insurance Companies Life Insurance Corporations<br />

Banks<br />

Central Bank<br />

0<br />

Source: Various ABS publications and other sources.

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