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Australia: Claims on central government

-0.29percent · 2025-140.8% since 2015

Claims on central government include loans to central government institutions net of deposits. Broad money is the sum of all liquid financial instruments held by money-holding sectors that are widely accepted in an economy as a medium of exchange, plus those that can be converted into a medium of exchange at short notice at, or close to, their full nominal value. This indicator represents the annual percentage growth in the ratio of claims to broad money. Annual figures for Australia from 1961 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2025-0.294
2024-0.121
2023-0.834
2022-1.545
20214.825
20202.295
20191.889
20181.422
20170.031
20161.482
20150.72
20140.618
2013-0.085
20120.325
2011-0.613
20101.118
20091.01
2008-0.225
20071.391
2006-1.745
2005-1.056
20040.229
2003-2.041
20020.56
2001-3.671
2000-1.837
1999-2.873
19980.523
1997-5.047
19963.224
19950.424
1994-0.382
19931.066
19924.788
19911.53
1990-2.764
19891.008
1988-0.994
19871.284
19864.65
19855.502
19841.658
19833.695
1982-4.129
19811.657
19804.408
19794.478
19781.951
1977-1.277
19764.117
197511.257
19742.222
19731.335
19725.189
1971-2.637
1970-0.153
19692.737
19680.567
19671.908
19661.627
19651.26
19643.54
19631.174
19622.001
19612.081

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Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Claims on central government. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-claims-on-central-government (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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