Increased growth in domestic loan debt

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The twelve-month growth in the credit indicator C2 was 4.7 per cent to the end of November 2020, up from 4.5 per cent the previous month.

The general public’s domestic loan debt amounted to NOK 6 315 billion at end-November, according to new figures from the Credit indicator statistics.

Figure 1. Credit indicator (C2). 12-month growth

General public Households Non-financial corporations Municipalities
Nov. 2015 5.2 5.9 3.2 8.1
Dec. 2015 5.3 6.1 3.2 7.6
Jan. 2016 5.1 6.1 3.2 6.2
Feb. 2016 5.1 6.0 3.4 5.3
Mar. 2016 4.8 5.8 3.0 5.1
Apr. 2016 4.9 6.0 2.9 5.7
May 2016 4.7 5.9 2.2 5.7
June 2016 4.8 6.0 2.7 5.4
July 2016 4.9 5.9 2.9 5.1
Aug. 2016 4.9 6.1 2.6 5.0
Sep. 2016 5.0 6.3 2.2 6.4
Oct. 2016 4.9 6.1 2.4 5.9
Nov. 2016 5.1 6.5 2.5 5.0
Dec. 2016 4.8 6.3 1.8 5.6
Jan. 2017 5.0 6.5 2.1 5.8
Feb. 2017 5.0 6.6 1.7 6.4
Mar. 2017 5.2 6.7 2.1 6.1
Apr. 2017 5.1 6.5 2.2 5.6
May 2017 5.4 6.7 3.0 5.2
June 2017 5.6 6.6 4.0 5.3
July 2017 5.7 6.6 4.1 5.8
Aug. 2017 5.6 6.5 3.7 6.0
Sep. 2017 5.8 6.4 4.7 5.3
Okt. 2017 5.7 6.3 4.7 5.4
Nov. 2017 5.8 6.4 4.9 5.3
Dec. 2017 6.4 6.4 6.7 5.3
Jan. 2018 6.2 6.2 6.6 5.1
Feb. 2018 6.3 6.0 7.4 4.3
Mar. 2018 6.3 6.0 7.5 4.6
Apr. 2018 6.4 6.0 7.8 4.9
May 2018 6.2 5.8 7 5.8
June 2018 5.9 5.9 6.2 5.4
July 2018 5.8 5.8 6.2 5
Aug. 2018 5.9 5.8 6.5 4.8
Sep. 2018 5.5 5.8 5 4.8
Oct. 2018 5.8 5.8 6 4.7
Nov. 2018 5.7 5.6 6.2 5.3
Dec. 2018 5.6 5.6 5.5 6.6
Jan. 2019 5.9 5.8 6.1 6.4
Feb. 2019 6 5.8 5.9 7.3
Mar. 2019 6 5.7 6.1 7.6
Apr. 2019 5.9 5.7 6 7
May 2019 5.9 5.7 6 6.8
June 2019 5.9 5.6 6.1 6.8
July 2019 5.8 5.4 6.1 7
Aug. 2019 5.6 5.3 6 6.9
Sep. 2019 6 5.1 7.3 7
Oct. 2019 5.7 5.1 6.4 7.6
Nov. 2019 5.7 5.2 6 7.8
Dec. 2019 5.2 5 5.1 7.1
Jan. 2020 5.1 4.9 4.8 7.4
Feb. 2020 5 4.9 4.4 7.4
Mar. 2020 4.8 4.8 4.2 6.9
Apr. 2020 4.7 4.6 3.9 7.7
May 2020 4.7 4.5 4.5 7.5
June 2020 4.6 4.5 3.8 8.1
July 2020 4.7 4.6 3.6 8.4
Aug. 2020 4.8 4.6 4.1 8.1
Sep. 2020 4.6 4.7 3.3 8.6
Oct. 2020 4.5 4.8 3.2 7.8
Nov. 2020 4.7 4.8 3.6 7.7

Unchanged debt growth in households

Households’ domestic loan debt totalled NOK 3 806 billion at end-November. The twelve-month growth was 4.8 per cent to end-November, unchanged from the previous month.

Increased debt growth in non-financial corporations

Non-financial corporations domestic loan debt amounted to NOK 1 923 billion at end-November. The twelve-month growth was 3.6 per cent to end-November, up from 3.2 per cent the previous month.

Increased growth in loans from banks and mortgage companies

Of the general public’s domestic loan debt, 81 per cent consisted of loans from banks and mortgage companies at end-November. This amounted to NOK 5 123 billion. The twelve-month growth in loans from banks and mortgage companies was 5.0 per cent to end-November, up from 4.7 per cent the previous month.

Increased growth in debt securities

The twelve-month growth in the general public’s debt securities was 5.8 per cent to end-November, up from 4.2 per cent the previous month.

Confirmed credit losses

As of October 2020 growth and transaction series are adjusted for confirmed losses. This change means that growth and transaction for some series are revised up in already published periods. Growth and transaction series have been updated back to January 2019 and will not be directly comparable with previous periods.