Monetary Policy Data
April 2018
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| Foreign Reserves (TOP million) | 445.9 | 447.7 | 371.7 |
| Months of Imports (trade estimate)7 | 7.9 | 8.1r | 6.7 |
| Months of Imports (Overseas Exchange Transactions estimate)7 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 9.4 |
| Inflation (apc) | 9.6 | 9.8r | 9.5 |
| Imported (apc) | 6.8 | 6.5r | 12.7 |
| Domestic (apc) | 13.2 | 14.0r | 5.7 |
| Activity Indicators | |||
| Total Credit Growth (apc)2 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 13.9 |
| Total Outstanding Loan (Ann. Tot $ m)2 | 444.8 | 443.6 | 391.9 |
| Household (apc)3 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 24.0 |
| Business (apc)3 | 18.6 | 18.2 | 3.0 |
| Total Credit Growth (apc)8 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 12.8 |
| Total Outstanding Loan (Ann. Tot $m)8 | 435.5 | 434.6 | 382.1 |
| Household (apc)8 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 23.9 |
| Business (apc)8 | 19.8 | 19.6 | 0.3 |
| Exchange Settlement Accounts (TOP million) | 162.3 | 171.0 | 179.9 |
| NRBT Notes on issue (TOP million) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Banks' holding of Govt Securities (TOP million) | 22.6 | 21.9 | 25.6 |
| Broad Money (M2, TOP million)4 | 547.1 | 558.7 | 509.9 |
| Overseas Exchange Transactions1 | |||
| Imports (annual Total, TOP million) | 404.5 | 399.1 | 356.9 |
| Imports (apc) | 13.3 | 12.1 | 14.2 |
| Exports (annual Total, TOP million) | 19.8 | 20.1 | 23.4 |
| Exports (apc) | -15.4 | -11.0 | 21.6 |
| Travel Receipts (annual Total, TOP million) | 113.1 | 113.3 | 102.8 |
| Travel Receipts (apc) | 10.0 | 10.4 | 25.2 |
| Remittances (annual Total, TOP million)5 | 338.3 | 336.0 | 301.3 |
| Remittances (apc)5 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 15.7 |
| Financial Markets | |||
| Exchange Rate | |||
| USD/TOP | 0.4562 | 0.4574 | 0.4462 |
| AUD/TOP | 0.5917 | 0.5878 | 0.5914 |
| NZD/TOP | 0.6284 | 0.6303 | 0.6404 |
| FJD/TOP | 0.9052 | 0.9053 | 0.9128 |
| Nominal Trade Weighted Index6 | 90.45 | 90.15 | 91.21 |
| Real Trade Weighted Index6 | 103.72 | 103.4r | 103.79 |
| Interest Rates | |||
| Weighted Average Lending Rate (%) | 7.99 | 7.97 | 7.86 |
| Housing (%) | 8.13 | 8.10 | 8.02 |
| Business (%)3 | 7.12 | 7.12 | 6.85 |
| Weighted Average Deposit Rate (%) | 2.14 | 2.16 | 2.17 |
| 12-month term (%) | 5.21 | 5.18 | 5.35 |
| Savings (%) | 2.39 | 2.40 | 2.36 |
| Term (%) | 3.72 | 3.76 | 3.80 |
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Notes: apc = annual percent change |
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| Prepared by the Economics Department | National Reserve Bank of Tonga | Last Updated on 18 June 2018 |
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