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Increase in lending from financial institutions
The financial institutions’ lending increased by 4.5 per cent to NOK 4 018 billion during the last year. Of this, loans to the public accounted for NOK 3 299 billion. This is an increase of 4.5 percentage points compared to the same quarter last year.
The banks increased their lending by 0.9 per cent to NOK 2 365 billion during the first quarter.
The finance and mortgage companies lending to the public (municipalities, non-financial corporations and households) increased by 32.2 per cent to NOK 1 085 billion in the last 12 months.
Increased interest margin
The difference between the banks' average interest rates on loans and the average deposit rates, the interest rate margin, increased by 0.07 percentage points to 2.45 per cent in the last 12 months. From the last quarter, the interest rate margin increased by 0.02 percentage points.
Increased stock of securities
Investments in securities increased by 14.2 per cent to NOK 2 013 billion during the second quarter of 2010 compared to last year. The value of investments in equities, units and primary capital certificates increased by 20.8 per cent, while investments in bonds increased by 10.6 per cent compared to the second quarter last year. Bonds still have the largest share of the stock of securities by 64.4 per cent, while equities, units and primary capital certificates account for 25.3 per cent.
Increase in total assets
Total assets for all financial institutions increased by 5.3 per cent to NOK 7 052 billion compared with the corresponding quarter last year. The total assets in banks increased by 5.3 per cent, while the total assets in insurance companies and finance companies increased by 10.per cent and 23.9 per cent respectively during the same period.
2. qu. 2009 | 3. qu. 2009 | 4. qu. 2009 | 1. qu. 2010 | 2. qu. 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Assets | Lending | Assets | Lending | Assets | Lending | Assets | Lending | Assets | Lending | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 6 624 | 3 157 | 6 509 | 3 155 | 6 529 | 3 175 | 6 700 | 3 225 | 7 052 | 3 299 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norges Bank | 496 | 1 | 387 | 1 | 387 | 1 | 401 | 1 | 459 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Banks | 3 761 | 2 080 | 3 683 | 2 016 | 3 708 | 1 993 | 3 643 | 1 920 | 3 837 | 1 939 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
State lending institutions | 233 | 215 | 232 | 217 | 232 | 220 | 241 | 226 | 241 | 227 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finance companies | 1 203 | 821 | 1 251 | 881 | 1 251 | 919 | 1 406 | 1 034 | 1 490 | 1 085 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Insurance companies | 931 | 40 | 956 | 40 | 951 | 42 | 1 009 | 44 | 1 025 | 47 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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