Supporting information:

C12 Credit card statistics: balances outstanding, limits and interest rates

	All cards: business and personal, as at month end
Month ended	Total advances outstanding			Simple average standard card interest rate	Credit limits		Deposit balances
	($m)	(Y/Y%)	(M/M% s.a.)	(%)	($m)	(Y/Y%)	($m)
*Previous years:*
Mar 2006	4466	8.0	0.8	18.3	16931	10.5	92
Mar 2007	4714	5.5	-0.3	18.5	18067	6.7	92
*Monthly:*
Apr 2007	4786	6.1	1.2	18.6	18110	5.8	99
May 2007	4752	4.8	0.5	18.7	18065	6.2	112
Jun 2007	4760	6.0	0.6	18.7	18243	9.8	120
Jul 2007	4785	6.5	0.9	18.9	18424	6.5	116
Aug 2007	4784	6.1	0.2	19.0	18374	5.6	115
Sep 2007	4821	6.3	0.6	19.3	18474	6.3	114
Oct 2007	4908	7.1	1.3	19.5	18598	6.6	99
Nov 2007	5016	7.7	0.6	19.5	18851	6.4	91
Dec 2007	5208	7.3	0.5	19.5	19037	6.9	94
Jan 2008	5062	6.7	0.2	19.5	18726	5.3	88
Feb 2008	5092	7.2	0.7	19.6	18839	5.2	83
Mar 2008	5107	8.3	0.8	19.9	18946	4.9	88

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Last updated 21 April 2008