Please answer the given financial question based on the context.
Context: cross-border outstandings cross-border outstandings , as defined by bank regulatory rules , are amounts payable to state street by residents of foreign countries , regardless of the currency in which the claim is denominated , and local country claims in excess of local country obligations . these cross-border outstandings consist primarily of deposits with banks , loan and lease financing and investment securities . in addition to credit risk , cross-border outstandings have the risk that , as a result of political or economic conditions in a country , borrowers may be unable to meet their contractual repayment obligations of principal and/or interest when due because of the unavailability of , or restrictions on , foreign exchange needed by borrowers to repay their obligations . cross-border outstandings to countries in which we do business which amounted to at least 1% ( 1 % ) of our consolidated total assets were as follows as of december 31: .
|( in millions )|2008|2007|2006|
|united kingdom|$ 5836|$ 5951|$ 5531|
|australia|2044|3567|1519|
|canada|2014|4565|2014|
|germany|2014|2944|2696|
|total cross-border outstandings|$ 7880|$ 17027|$ 9746|
the total cross-border outstandings presented in the table represented 5% ( 5 % ) , 12% ( 12 % ) and 9% ( 9 % ) of our consolidated total assets as of december 31 , 2008 , 2007 and 2006 , respectively . aggregate cross-border outstandings to countries which totaled between .75% ( .75 % ) and 1% ( 1 % ) of our consolidated total assets at december 31 , 2008 amounted to $ 3.45 billion ( canada and germany ) . there were no cross-border outstandings to countries which totaled between .75% ( .75 % ) and 1% ( 1 % ) of our consolidated total assets as of december 31 , 2007 . aggregate cross-border outstandings to countries which totaled between .75% ( .75 % ) and 1% ( 1 % ) of our consolidated total assets at december 31 , 2006 amounted to $ 1.05 billion ( canada ) . capital regulatory and economic capital management both use key metrics evaluated by management to assess whether our actual level of capital is commensurate with our risk profile , is in compliance with all regulatory requirements , and is sufficient to provide us with the financial flexibility to undertake future strategic business initiatives . regulatory capital our objective with respect to regulatory capital management is to maintain a strong capital base in order to provide financial flexibility for our business needs , including funding corporate growth and supporting customers 2019 cash management needs , and to provide protection against loss to depositors and creditors . we strive to maintain an optimal level of capital , commensurate with our risk profile , on which an attractive return to shareholders will be realized over both the short and long term , while protecting our obligations to depositors and creditors and satisfying regulatory requirements . our capital management process focuses on our risk exposures , our capital position relative to our peers , regulatory capital requirements and the evaluations of the major independent credit rating agencies that assign ratings to our public debt . our capital committee , working in conjunction with our asset and liability committee , referred to as alco , oversees the management of regulatory capital , and is responsible for ensuring capital adequacy with respect to regulatory requirements , internal targets and the expectations of the major independent credit rating agencies . the primary regulator of both state street and state street bank for regulatory capital purposes is the federal reserve . both state street and state street bank are subject to the minimum capital requirements established by the federal reserve and defined in the federal deposit insurance corporation improvement act .
Question: what percent increase did the united kingdom cross border outstandings experience between 2006 and 2008?


Answer: The answer is:0.05514