Figure 7a FINANCIAL ASSETS OF MAJOR INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS BASED IN THE UNITED STATES (*) (breakdown by financial instrument)  Other assets 19% Domestic equities 36% Foreign bonds 3%  Domestic bonds 34%  Foreign equities 8%  Figure 7b FINANCIAL ASSETS OF MAJOR INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS BASED IN EUROPE (*) (breakdown by financial instrument)  Other assets 22%  Domestic equities 20%  Foreign bonds 12% Foreign equities 13%  Domestic bonds 33%  Figure 7c FINANCIAL ASSETS OF THE MAJOR INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS BASED IN ASIA AND OCEANIA (*) (breakdown by financial instrument)  Domestic equities 11% Other assets 46%  Foreign equities 4%  Domestic bonds 36% Foreign bonds 3%  (*) Partly estimated end-1995 data for institutional investors with total assets of more than $ billion.
Figure 8  FORUM-ME SURVEY OF EXPECTATIONS REGARDING CONSUMER PRICE INFLATION (1) (percentage changes on year-earlier quarter) 6.0  6.0 June 95  5.5  5.5  Dec. 94  Dec.95  5.0  5.0  Sep. 95  Sep. 94 Dec. 93  Mar. 96  Mar. 95  4.5  4.5  June 94 June 96  4.0  4.0  Mar.