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2 International Financial Market Indicators Short-Term Interest Rates Long-Term Interest Rates Stock Indices Corporate Bond Spreads Table A A A3 A4 Financial Indicators of the Austrian Corporate and Household Sectors Financial Investment of Households Household Income and Savings Financing of Nonfinancial Corporations Insolvency Indicators Housing Market Indicators A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 Austrian Financial Intermediaries Total Assets and Off-Balance-Sheet Operations Sectoral Distribution of Domestic Loans Loan Quality Exposure to CESEE Profitability on an Unconsolidated Basis Profitability of Austrian Subsidiaries in CESEE Profitability on a Consolidated Basis Solvency Liquidity Risk Market Risk Market Indicators of Selected Austrian Financial Instruments Key Indicators of Austrian Insurance Companies Assets Held by Austrian Mutual Funds Structure and Profitability of Austrian Fund Management Companies Assets Held by Austrian Pension Funds Assets Held by Austrian Severance Funds Transactions and System Disturbances in Payment and Securities Settlement Systems A0 A A A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A0 A A A3 A4 A5 A6 Cutoff date for data: June 4, 04 Conventions used in the tables: x = No data can be indicated for technical reasons.. = Data not available at the reporting date Revisions of data published in earlier volumes are not indicated. Discrepancies may arise from rounding. oesterreichische nationalbank

3 International Financial Market Indicators Table A Short-Term Interest Rates Year Three-month rates, period average, % Euro area U.S.A Japan United Kingdom Switzerland Czech Republic Hungary Poland Source: Bloomberg, Eurostat, Thomson Reuters. Average rate at which a prime bank is willing to lend funds to another prime bank for three months. Long-Term Interest Rates Year Table A Ten-year rates, period average, % Euro area U.S.A Japan United Kingdom Switzerland Austria Czech Republic Hungary Poland Source: ECB, Eurostat, Thomson Reuters, national sources. Yields of long-term government bonds. FINANcial stability report 7 june 04 3

4 Table A3 Stock Indices Year Annual change in %, period average Euro area: EURO STOXX U.S.A.: S&P Japan: Nikkei United Kingdom: FTSE Switzerland: SMI Austria: ATX Czech Republic: PX Hungary: BUX Poland: WIG Source: Thomson Reuters. Corporate Bond Spreads Year Percentage points, period average Table A4 Euro area AAA BBB U.S.A. AAA BBB Source: Thomson Reuters. Spreads of 7- to 0-year corporate bonds against 0-year government bonds (euro area: German government bonds). 4 oesterreichische Nationalbank

5 Financial Indicators of the Austrian Corporate and Household Sectors Table A5 Financial Investment of Households EUR billion Currency Deposits Debt securities Shares and other equity Mutual fund shares Insurance technical reserves Other accounts receivable Total financial investment Source: OeNB (financial accounts). Including nonprofit institutions serving households. Including financial derivatives. 3 Other than mutual fund shares. Household Income and Savings EUR billion Net disposable income Savings Saving ratio in % Source: Statistics Austria (national accounts broken down by sectors). Including nonprofit institutions serving households. Saving ratio = savings / (disposable income + increase in accrued occupational pension benefits). Table A6 Financing of Nonfinancial Corporations EUR billion Debt securities, Loans Shares and other equity Other accounts payable Total external financing Source: OeNB (financial accounts). Including financial derivatives. Excluding liabilities of domestic special purpose entities held by nonresidents. Table A7 FINANcial stability report 7 june 04 5

6 Table A8 Insolvency Indicators Default liabilities (EUR million),569,44,969 4,035 4,700,775 3,06 6,55 Defaults (number) 3,084 3,03 3,70 3,74 3,5 3,60 3,505 3,66 Source: Kreditschutzverband von 870. Note: Default liabilities for 03 include one large insolvency. Housing Market Indicators Annual percentage change of period averages Residential Property Price Index (000=00) Vienna Austria Austria excl. Vienna Rent prices (000=00) Vienna: apartments Austria excl. Vienna: apartments Austria excl. Vienna: single-family homes Rents of apartments excl. utilities, according to CPI OeNB Fundamental Residential Property Price Indicator Vienna Austria Source: OeNB, Vienna University of Technology. Free and controlled rents. Deviation from fundamental price in %. Table A9 6 oesterreichische Nationalbank

7 Austrian Financial Intermediaries Table A0 Total Assets and Off-Balance-Sheet Operations Total assets on an unconsolidated basis 797, ,54,069,00,09, ,559,04,78 98,4 97,973 of which: total domestic assets 504,37 548,55 69,566 69, ,56 693, , ,75 Total assets on a consolidated basis 97,75,073,58,75,646,39,96,30,853,66,33,63,595,089,73 Total assets of CESEE subsidiaries 58,736 3,74 67,484 54,356 63,80 70,05 76,35 64,998 of which: NMS-004 9,805 5,377 3,809 6,96 30,530 6,737 36,63 30,478 NMS ,095 36,776 40,679 40,488 4,75 4,36 40,886 39,764 SEE 4 6,303 43,876 46,745 48,667 49, 5,489 50,976 50,09 CIS 5 3,533 35,73 48,5 38,85 4,883 49,50 47,859 44,547 Leverage Ratio (consolidated in %) Excluding Yapı ve Kredi Bankası (not fully consolidated by parent bank UniCredit Bank Austria). New EU Member States since 004 (NMS-004): Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia. 3 New EU Member States since 007 (NMS-007): Bulgaria, Romania. 4 Southeastern Europe (SEE): Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey. 5 Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS): Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, including Georgia. Note: Data on off-balance-sheet operations refer to nominal values on an unconsolidated basis. Sectoral Distribution of Domestic Loans Table A All currencies combined Banks 0,3 6,759 08,8 95,737 69,596 84,789 9,9 7,04 Nonbanks 84,97 93,48 34,399 3,794 3,54 330, ,378 36,80 of which: nonfinancial corporations 8,7 3,067 34,897 3,346 35,47 38,930 40,383 40,9 households 6,440,543 7,88 8,78 35,5 38,355 39,048 39,05 general government 7,003 4,980 4,056 4,93 6,374 9,05 7,97 6,007 other financial intermediaries,876 3,54 7,3 6,063 4,34 3,586,806,44 Foreign currency Banks 5,375 4,86 54,977 4,780 5,85 5,88 4,979 9,704 Nonbanks 53,534 47,776 56,797 56,55 58,746 57,30 47,65 40,08 of which: nonfinancial corporations,845 0,03,44,473,550,8 9,55 6,985 households 35,45 33,85 39,38 37,064 40,040 38,78 3,904 8,385 general government,89,630,673,68,67 3,66,87,477 other financial intermediaries 3,337,93 3,54 3,374 3,55 3,33,76,57 Including nonprofit institutions serving households. Note: Figures are based on monetary statistics. Since 007, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published Financial Soundness Indicators (FSI) for Austria (see also In contrast to some FSIs that take only domestically-owned banks into account, the Financial Stability Report takes into account all banks operating in Austria. For this reason, some of the figures presented here may deviate from the figures published by the IMF. FINANcial stability report 7 june 04 7

8 Table A Loan Quality End of period, % of claims on nonbanks Specific loan loss provisions for loans to nonbanks (unconsolidated) Specific loan loss provisions for loans to nonbanks (consolidated) x Specific loan loss provisions for loans to nonbanks (Austrian subsidiaries in CESEE) x Nonperforming loan ratio (unconsolidated) x x Nonperforming loan ratio (consolidated) x x x Nonperforming loan ratio (Austrian subsidiaries in CESEE) x x x Estimate. Estimate for loans to corporates and households (introduced in Financial Stability Report 4 to better indicate the loan quality in retail business; not comparable to former ratios). Exposure to CESEE Table A3 Total exposure according to BIS 5 x 90,775 99,7 03,975 09,35 6,086 09,88 0,768 of which: NMS-004 x 96,49,064,537 6,05,45 9,74 5,636 NMS-007 x 3,608 34,0 33,695 33,905 3,756 30,96 9,404 SEE 3 x 38,49 7,78 40,64 39,05 4,05 36,544 34,98 CIS 4 x 3,489 6,44 7,579 0,6,079,67,746 Total indirect lending to nonbanks 6 9,749 46,654 70,566 60,48 68,7 7,38 7,7 6,439 of which: NMS ,38 7,43 80,774 79,0 8,740 79,0 8,880 79,48 NMS-007 4,040,73 5,954 5,433 6,009 6,73 5,9 4,04 SEE 3 4,805 6,708 30,37 30,44 3,9 34,40 33,90 3,499 CIS 4 9,766 6,630 33,70 5,353 8,74 3,346 9,05 5,435 Total direct lending 7 x 38,40 49,74 50,665 49,459 5,00 5,539 5,96 of which: NMS-004 x 8,434,646,90,49 3,07,383 0,886 NMS-007 x 5,766 9,03 9,546 8,484 8,77 7,385 6,75 SEE 3 x,665 4,59 5,0 4,348 5,39 6,56 8,93 CIS 4 x,537 4,383 4,95 4,08 5,487 5,55 6,996 New EU Member States since 004 (NMS-004): Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia. New EU Member States since 007 (NMS-007): Bulgaria, Romania. 3 Southeastern Europe (SEE): Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey. 4 Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS): Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, including Georgia. 5 Total exposure according to BIS includes only domestically-controlled banks. As Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank AG was included in the fourth quarter of 009, comparability with earlier values is limited. 6 Lending (net lending after risk provisions) to nonbanks by all fully consolidated subsidiaries in CESEE. 7 Direct lending to CESEE according to monetary statistics. Note: Due to changes in reporting, the comparability of values as from 008 with earlier values is limited. 8 oesterreichische Nationalbank

9 Table A4 Profitability on an Unconsolidated Basis Operating income 6,606 7,5 0,557 7,850 9,705 9,7 9,5 8,967 of which: net interest income 7,70 7,399 8,48 8,769 9,3 9,6 8,83 8,84 securities and investment earnings,878 3,5 7,93 3,38 4,06 3,66 3,670 3,08 fees and commission income 4,89 4,70 4,8 3,605 3,950 3,835 3,848 4,073 trading income other operating income,58,593,70,66,94,784,53,567 Operating expenses 0,789 0,849,46,080,547,74,93,835 of which: staff costs 5,447 5,468 5,776 5,697 5,80 5,998 6,43 6,507 other administrative expenses 3,53 3,703 3,95 3,766 3,940 4,08 4,4 4,30 other operating expenses,88,678,689,67,805,688,87,07 Operating profit/loss 5,87 6,663 9,4 6,770 8,59 7,53 6,9 6,3 Net profit after taxes 3,957 4,787, ,07, 3,4 935 Return on assets (%), Return on equity (%, tier capital), Interest income to gross income (%) Cost-to-income ratio (%) Annual surplus in % of total assets and tier capital, respectively. Retrospectively modified due to a change of calculation. Profitability of Austrian Subsidiaries in CESEE Table A5 Operating income 6,54 0,78 4,0 3,396 3,436 3,6 3,68 3,307 of which: net interest income 4,06 6,748 9,3 8,693 9,333 9,40 8,78 8,44 securities and investment earnings x x fee and commission income,898,847 3,43,96,954 3,09,99 3,64 trading income x x 46, other income 57 3, Operating expenses 3,697 5,495 7,056 6,355 6,779 6,893 7,034 7,054 of which: staff costs x x 3,7,75,84,975,968,908 other administrative expenses x x 3,76 3,59 3,809 3,87 3,958 4,087 Operating profit/loss,86 4,683 7,4 7,9 6,757 6,809 6,37 6,98 Net profit after taxes,730 3,04 4,9,775,063,757,093,6 Return on assets (%) Return on equity (%, tier capital) x Interest income to gross income (%) Cost-to-income ratio (%) Excluding Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi (not fully consolidated by parent bank UniCredit Bank Austria). End-of-period result expected for the full year after tax as a percentage of average total assets. Note: Due to changes in reporting, the comparability of values as from 008 with earlier values is limited. Furthermore, some positions have been available in detail only since 008. FINANcial stability report 7 june 04 9

10 Table A6 Profitability on a Consolidated Basis Operating income 3,993 8,7 33,64 37,850 37,508 37,07 37,673 35,7 of which: net interest income 4,887 7,96 9,308 9,45 0,390 0,46 9,59 8,598 net fee-based income 6,77 8,0 8,469 7,60 7,678 7,59 7,60 7,590 net profit/loss on financial operations,07 93,35, , other operating income,9,0 8,000 8,679 8,443 8,344 0,06 8,43 Operating expenses 4,758 7,047 5,788,30 4,030 6,839 5,58 7,38 of which: staff costs 7,857 9,45 0,66 9,5 9,94 0,79 0,39 0,378 other administrative expenses 4,976 5,849 6,364 5,979 6,6 6,36 6,40 6,68 other operating expenses,95,053 9,57 6,79 7,87 0,44 8,78 0,3 Operating profit/loss 9,35,07 7,855 5,60 3,478 0,369,090 7,953 Net profit after taxes 7,469 6,89 586,530 4,577 7,966,035 Return on assets (%), Return on equity (%, tier capital), Interest income to gross income (%) Cost-to-income ratio (%) As from 008, operating expenses refer to staff costs and other administrative expenses only. End-of-period result expected for the full year before minority interests as a percentage of average total assets and average tier capital, respectively. 3 All figures represent the ratio of net interest income to total operating income less other operating expenses. 4 All figures represent the ratio of total operating expenses less other operating expenses to total operating income less other operating expenses. 5 Retrospectively modified due to a change of calculation. Note: Due to changes in reporting, the comparability of consolidated values as from 008 with earlier values is limited. Solvency Table A7 Own funds 56,4 69,559 74,707 80,574 86,8 88,07 88,04 88,994 Own funds requirements 39,53 47,953 54,53 50,665 5,65 5,969 49,754 46,74 End of period, eligible capital and tier capital, respectively, as a percentage of risk-weighted assets Consolidated capital adequacy ratio Consolidated tier capital ratio Consolidated core tier capital ratio x x Note: Owing to the transition to Basel II, the method of calculation of the capital ratio and the tier capital ratio used since Financial Stability Report 6 (December 008) differs from the method used previously. The denominator of both ratios is given by the sum of all regulatory capital requirements multiplied by the factor.5. The numerator of the capital ratio is given by tier and tier capital less deduction items (eligible own funds) plus the part of tier 3 capital not exceeding the capital requirement for position risk. The numerator of the tier capital ratio is given by tier capital less deduction items (eligible tier capital). The sum of all capital requirements consists of the capital requirements for credit risk, position risk, settlement risk, operational risk and the transition to Basel II as well as other capital requirements. 0 oesterreichische Nationalbank

11 Table A8 Liquidity Risk End of period, % Short-term loans to short-term liabilities Short-term loans and other liquid assets to short-term liabilities Liquid resources of the first degree: 5% quantile of the ratio between available and required liquidity of degree Liquid resources of the second degree: 5% quantile of the ratio between available and required liquidity of degree Short-term loans and short-term liabilities (up to three months against banks and nonbanks). Liquid assets (quoted stocks and bonds, government bonds and eligible collateral, cash and liquidity reserves at apex institutions). The liquidity ratio relates liquid assets to the corresponding liabilities. Article 5 of the Austrian Banking Act defines a minimum ratio of.5% for liquid resources of the first degree (cash ratio) and of 0% for liquid resources of the second degree (quick ratio). The 5% quantile indicates the ratio between available and required liquidity of liquidity surpassed by 95% of banks on the respective reporting date. Market Risk and % Table A9 Interest rate risk Basel ratio for interest rate risk, % Capital requirement for the position risk of interest rate instruments in the trading book 737.3, Exchange rate risk Capital requirement for open foreign exchange positions Equity price risk Capital requirement for the position risk of equities in the trading book Based on unconsolidated data. The calculation of capital requirements for market risk combines the standardized approach and internal value-at-risk (VaR) calculations. The latter use previous day values without taking account of the multiplier. Capital requirements for interest rate instruments and equities are computed by adding up both general and specific position risks. Average of the Basel ratio for interest rate risk (loss of present value following a parallel yield curve shift of all currencies by 00 basis points in relation to regulatory capital) weighted by total assets of all Austrian credit institutions excluding banks that operate branches in Austria under freedom of establishment. For banks with a large securities trading book, interest rate instruments of the trading book are not included in the calculation. FINANcial stability report 7 june 04

12 Table A0 Market Indicators of Selected Austrian Financial Instruments Share prices % of mid-005 prices Erste Group Bank Raiffeisen Bank International EURO STOXX Banks Uniqa Vienna Insurance Group EURO STOXX Insurance Relative valuation Price-to-book value ratio Erste Group Bank Raiffeisen Bank International EURO STOXX Banks Uniqa Vienna Insurance Group EURO STOXX Insurance Source: Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg. Key Indicators of Austrian Insurance Companies Table A Business and profitability Premiums x 5,739 6,80 6,38 6,65 6,537 6,34 6,608 Expenses for claims and insurance benefits x 0,797,608,348,88,86,973 3,50 Underwriting results x Profit from investments x 4,68,370,79 3,03,964 3,39 3,354 Profit from ordinary activities x, ,0,6,395,54 Acquisition and administrative expenses x 3,59 3,35 3,4 3,38 3,54 3,499 3,58 Total assets x 86,95 93,9 99,7 05,099 05,945 08,374 0,39 Investments Total investments x 8,036 87,698 9,60 98,300 99,776 03,7 05,496 of which: debt securities x 3,989 35,09 36,397 38,3 37,83 37,64 39,560 stocks and other equity securities x,45,53,8,559,363,505,464 real estate x 4,88 5,38 5,46 5,703 5,36 5,37 5,689 Investments for unit-linked and index-linked life insurance x 8,894 9,39,8 5,35 5,870 8,330 9,7 Claims on domestic banks x x 6,079 7,68 6,458 6,405 6,87 6,687 Reinsurance receivables x x,7,8,9,733, Risk capacity (solvency ratio), % x Source: FMA, OeNB. Contains shares, share certificates (listed and not listed) and all equity instruments held by mutual funds. oesterreichische Nationalbank

13 Table A Assets Held by Austrian Mutual Funds Domestic securities 49,593 58,90 48,777 48,765 5,00 50,046 50,963 49,757 of which: debt securities 7,63 4,938 4,60 6,03 5,884 6,683 7,57 6,03 stocks and other equity securities 3,96 3,8,473,863 3,696,99 3,637 3,60 Foreign securities 09,306 06,76 78,655 89,845 96,684 87,458 96,854 99,647 of which: debt securities 70,80 66,473 57,598 6,96 6,744 58,695 63,66 6,97 stocks and other equity securities 39,06 3,73 8,899,663 5,540,097 4,08 6,78 Net asset value 68,860 65,646 7,43 38,60 47,684 37,504 47,87 49,404 of which: retail funds 0,40 7,864 8,804 85,537 88,33 78,99 84,58 83,38 institutional funds 48,458 47,78 44,68 53,073 59,37 59,05 63,659 66,67 Consolidated net asset value 40,89 37,09 05,60 5,337 3,794 6,747 6,83 8,444 Structure and Profitability of Austrian Fund Management Companies Table A3 Total assets Operating profit Net commissions and fees earned Administrative expenses Number of fund management companies Number of reported funds,77,39,308,8,03,7,68,6 Administrative expenses are calculated as the sum of personnel and material expenses. FINANcial stability report 7 june 04 3

14 Table A4 Assets Held by Austrian Pension Funds Total assets,496,94,936 3,734 4,976 4,798 6,335 7,385 of which: direct investment x x x,39 968,39,39,640 mutual funds x x x,35 3,944 3,66 5,78 7,383 foreign currency (without derivatives) x x x x x x 5,74 5,963 stocks x x x x x x 4,805 5,47 debt x x x x x x 8,464 7,650 real estate x x x x x x cash and deposits x x x x,8,64,488,033 Source: OeNB, FMA. Assets Held by Austrian Severance Funds Table A5 Total direct investment , ,004,393,44,58 of which: euro-denominated , ,363,45,507 foreign currency-denominated x accrued income claims from direct investment Total indirect investment 83.5,03.8,076.4,946,569,89 3,834 4,70 of which: total of euro-denominated investment in mutual fund shares ,038.7,858,379,74 3,540 4,0 total of foreign currency-denominated investment in mutual fund shares Total assets assigned to investment groups,8.,6.,38.6,830 3,573 4,84 5,54 6,8 Note: Due to special balance sheet operations, total assets assigned to investment groups deviate from the sum of total indirect investments. 4 oesterreichische Nationalbank

15 Table A6 Transactions and System Disturbances in Payment and Securities Settlement Systems Number of transactions in million, value of transactions in EUR billion HOAM.AT Number x x 3 Value x x 6,74 9,305 9,447 7,667 9,974 5,906 System disturbances x x Securities settlement systems Number 3 3 Value System disturbances Retail payment systems Number ,005 Value System disturbances Participation in international payment systems Number Value,469,946,995,5,64,306,80,643 System disturbances Note: Data refer to the respective -month period. FINANcial stability report 7 june 04 5

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