1 Table 1 Share of domestic and foreign deposits in total funding1 December 2008, per cent Major banks Australia  61  Canada  77  Germany  56  Japan  69  United Kingdom  60  United States  56  1  Data based on the major banks in each country. Deposits include CDs.
On this occasion, the growth potential of countries such as China and India suggests that the expansion in resource demand could continue for an extended period, though this will depend at least to some extent on the economic management skills of the authorities in these countries, not to mention our own.