Weaker growth in total loan debt

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The twelve-month growth in total gross debt (C3) was 2.2 per cent to end-January 2017, down from 2.6 per cent the previous month. The increase stemmed from foreign debt sources.

Figure 1. The credit indicator C3. 12-month growth

Total gross debt (C3) Domestic gross debt (C2) Foreign gross loan debt
Jan. 2011 10.2 6.1 26.8
Feb 2011 10.8 5.9 31.2
Mar. 2011 10.2 6.2 26.3
Apr. 2011 9.6 6.4 22.4
May 2011 9.3 6.4 20.6
Jun. 2011 7.2 6 11.8
Jul. 2011 8.1 6.2 15.2
Aug. 2011 8.1 6.5 14.2
Sep. 2011 7.4 6.7 10.1
Oct. 2011 7.1 6.8 8.2
Nov. 2011 6.4 6.5 6
Dec. 2011 4.8 6.8 -2.1
Jan. 2012 2.6 7 -12.6
Feb 2012 2.6 7.2 -13.2
Mar. 2012 6.5 7.2 4.1
Apr. 2012 5 6.9 -1.8
May 2012 5 7 -2.1
Jun. 2012 6.8 7.3 4.9
Jul. 2012 7.4 7.3 7.8
Aug. 2012 7.1 7.2 6.8
Sep. 2012 6.6 6.9 5.4
Oct. 2012 6.8 6.9 6.2
Nov. 2012 7.6 7.1 9.6
Dec. 2012 8.5 6.5 16.1
Jan. 2013 10.8 6.3 29.4
Feb 2013 10.6 6.3 27.8
Mar. 2013 6.2 6.2 5.9
Apr. 2013 7.9 6.5 13.3
May 2013 7.8 6.4 13.1
Jun. 2013 7.5 6.4 11.6
Jul. 2013 6.8 6.2 9
Aug. 2013 7.6 6.2 12.7
Sep. 2013 7.5 6.3 11.9
Oct. 2013 7.8 6.2 13.6
Nov. 2013 7.4 6 12.3
Dec. 2013 6 6 5.8
Jan. 2014 5.4 5.7 4.2
Feb 2014 4.6 5.8 0.5
Mar. 2014 6.4 5.7 8.7
Apr. 2014 6.4 5.6 8.9
May 2014 6 5.5 7.7
Jun. 2014 5.6 5.3 6.6
Jul. 2014 5.5 5.4 6
Aug. 2014 5.2 5.3 4.6
Sep. 2014 5.5 5.4 5.9
Oct. 2014 5.2 5.4 4.9
Nov. 2014 7 5.2 12.9
Dec. 2014 6.1 5.4 8.7
Jan. 2015 6.8 5.6 10.8
Feb 2015 7.2 5.5 13.4
Mar. 2015 7.1 5.8 11.6
Apr. 2015 6 5.7 7.2
May 2015 7.1 5.9 11.2
Jun. 2015 7 5.8 11.2
Jul. 2015 6.8 5.7 10.6
Aug. 2015 6 5.8 6.5
Sep. 2015 6.6 5.5 10.4
Oct. 2015 5.6 5.5 6.1
Nov. 2015 3.4 5.4 -2.9
Dec. 2015 4.7 5.4 2.5
Jan. 2016 3.7 5.3 -1.1
Feb 2016 3.3 5.2 -2.6
Mar. 2016 4.7 4.9 4
Apr. 2016 4.7 5.1 3.6
May 2016 3.9 4.8 1
Jun. 2016 4.6 5 3.4
Jul. 2016 4 5 1.1
Aug. 2016 4.9 5 4.7
Sep. 2016 4.3 5.1 2
Oct. 2016 2.8 5.2 -4.9
Nov. 2016 2.3 5 -6.4
Dec. 2016 2.6 4.9 -4.8
Jan. 2017 2.2 5.1 -7.5

Total gross debt amounted to NOK 6 530 billion at end-January, down from NOK 6 567 billion at end-December.

Mainland Norway’s gross debt accounted for 88 per cent of the total gross debt at end-January. This amounted to NOK 5 761 billion.

Decrease in foreign debt growth

The general public gross foreign debt, which mainly relates to non-financial corporations, amounted to NOK 1 366 billion at end-January, down from NOK 1 426 billion the previous month. The twelve-month growth decreased from -4.8 per cent to end-December to -7.5 per cent to end-January.

Mainland Norway accounted for 52 per cent of the public gross foreign debt, which amounted to NOK 713 billion at end-January. The twelve-month growth in mainland Norway’s foreign debt was -6.3 per cent to end-January, down from -2.8 to end-December.

Offshore industries accounted for the remainder of the foreign debt, which amounted to NOK 653 billion at end-January. The twelve-month growth was -8.7 per cent to end-January, down from -6.8 per cent to end-December.

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