The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. US NZ Dec-92 3.06 4.91 Mar-93 2.79 4.69 Jun-93 2.53 4.42 Sep-93 2.26 3.45 Dec-93 1.99 2.96 Mar-94 1.82 2.75 Jun-94 1.65 2.5 Sep-94 1.47 2.38 Dec-94 1.3 2.26 Mar-95 1.27 1.93 Jun-95 1.24 1.64 Sep-95 1.2 1.39 Dec-95 1.17 1.33 Mar-96 1.14 1.34 Jun-96 1.11 1.21 Sep-96 1.07 1.01 Dec-96 1.04 0.87 Mar-97 1.02 0.93 Jun-97 1 0.96 Sep-97 0.98 0.86 Dec-97 0.96 0.77 Mar-98 0.96 0.84 Jun-98 0.97 0.89 Sep-98 0.97 0.92 Dec-98 0.97 0.82 Mar-99 0.97 0.77 Jun-99 0.96 0.76 Sep-99 0.96 0.67 Dec-99 0.95 0.63 Mar-00 1 0.6 Jun-00 1.04 0.63 Sep-00 1.09 0.61 Dec-00 1.13 0.61 Mar-01 1.17 0.79 Jun-01 1.22 0.94 Sep-01 1.26 1.19 Dec-01 1.3 1.17 Mar-02 1.37 1.1 Jun-02 1.37 0.99 Sep-02 1.39 0.94 Dec-02 1.36 0.71 Mar-03 1.4 0.82 Jun-03 1.32 0.73 Sep-03 1.25 0.71 Dec-03 1.2 0.27 Mar-04 1.08 0.31 Jun-04 0.96 0.31 Sep-04 0.91 0.29 Dec-04 0.86 0.26 Mar-05 0.8 0.28 Jun-05 0.78 0.33 Sep-05 0.75 0.33 Dec-05 0.75 0.28 Mar-06 0.71 0.3 Jun-06 0.7 0.27 Sep-06 0.74 0.24 Dec-06 0.8 0.21 Mar-07 0.83 0.28 Jun-07 0.88 0.27 Sep-07 1.02 0.3 Dec-07 1.31 0.34 Mar-08 1.61 0.45 Jun-08 1.91 0.53 Sep-08 2.26 0.65 Dec-08 2.91 1.01 "Source: Reserve Bank of NZ, Financial Stability Report, May 2009" Downloaded from Te Ara | The Encyclopedia of New Zealand www.TeAra.govt.nz