RDP 2006-07: Household Saving and Asset Valuations in Selected Industrialised Countries Appendix A: Data

Personal/household saving, household disposable income, household debt

Definition: national accounts definition

Units: national currencies

Sources: OECD Economic Outlook No 75 (June 2004); national data (Australia – Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS); Canada – Statistics Canada; UK – Office for National Statistics; US – Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA); Federal Reserve Board)

Equity price index

Definition: see Borio and Lowe (2002)

Units: index, 1985 = 100

Sources: Bank for International Settlements (BIS) (see Borio and Lowe 2004)

Residential house price index

Definition: see Borio and Lowe (2002)

Units: index, 1985 = 100

Sources: BIS (see Borio and Lowe 2004)

Personal consumption deflator

Definition: national accounts definition

Units: index, 2000 = 100

Sources: OECD Economic Outlook No 75 (June 2004); national data (Australia – ABS; Canada – Statistics Canada; UK – Office for National Statistics; US – BEA)