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MARCH KEY FIGURES

		Feb 2009	Mar 2009	Feb 2009 to Mar 2009
		$m	$m	% change
TREND ESTIMATES
	Housing finance for owner occupation	14 755	15 251	3.4
	Personal finance	6 378	6 385	0.1
	Commercial finance	28 229	27 931	-1.1
	Lease finance	474	464	-2.0
SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
	Housing finance for owner occupation	14 656	15 731	7.3
	Personal finance	6 424	6 284	-2.2
	Commercial finance	25 310	30 498	20.5
	Lease finance	463	469	1.3

Personal finance

Commercial finance

• The total value of owner occupied housing commitments excluding alterations and additions increased 3.4% in trend terms and the seasonally adjusted series rose 7.3%.

• The trend series for the value of total personal finance increased 0.1%, with an increase recorded in fixed lending commitments (up 1.0%), while revolving credit commitments decreased (down 0.6%).
• The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total personal finance commitments decreased 2.2%. Revolving credit commitments decreased 4.3%, while fixed lending commitments increased 0.5%.

• The trend series for the value of total commercial finance commitments decreased 1.1%, due to falls in revolving credit commitments (down 1.3%) and fixed lending commitments (down 1.0%).
• The seasonally adjusted series for the value of total commercial finance commitments increased 20.5%, due mainly to an increase in fixed lending commitments (up 28.0%). Revolving credit commitments rose 6.6%.

• Lease finance commitments decreased 2.0% in trend terms, while the seasonally adjusted series increased 1.3%.