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Increase in lending from financial institutions
The financial institutions’ lending increased by 3.7 per cent to NOK 4 110 billion during the last year. Of this, loans to the public accounted for NOK 3 525 billion. This is an increase of 6.6 percentage points compared to the same quarter last year.
The finance and mortgage companies’ lending to the public (municipalities, non-financial corporations and households) increased by 17.4 per cent to NOK 1 245 billion in the last 12 months.
Decreased stock of securities
Investments in securities decreased by 2.1 per cent to NOK 2 023 billion during the third quarter of 2011 compared to last year. The value of investments in equities, units and primary capital certificates increased by 17.4 per cent, while investments in bonds decreased by 3.3 per cent compared to the third quarter of last year. Bonds still have the largest share of the stock of securities by 62.6 per cent, while equities, units and primary capital certificates account for 30.6 per cent.
Increase in total assets
Total assets for all financial institutions increased by 5.5 per cent to NOK 7 222 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 4.8 per cent and 12.4 per cent respectively during the same period.
3. qu. 2010 | 4. qu. 2010 | 1. qu. 2011 | 2. qu. 2011 | 3. qu. 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Assets | Lending | Assets | Lending | Assets | Lending | Assets | Lending | Assets | Lending | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 6 847 | 3 308 | 6 818 | 3 356 | 6 950 | 3 398 | 6 861 | 3 457 | 7 222 | 3 525 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norges Bank | 435 | 1 | 394 | 1 | 399 | 1 | 366 | 1 | 370 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Banks | 3 654 | 1 973 | 3 639 | 1 967 | 3 682 | 1 962 | 3 595 | 1 977 | 3 849 | 2 003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
State lending institutions | 242 | 228 | 245 | 231 | 253 | 237 | 252 | 238 | 254 | 239 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finance companies | 1 482 | 1 060 | 1 488 | 1 114 | 1 528 | 1 157 | 1 561 | 1 200 | 1 667 | 1 245 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Insurance companies | 1 034 | 46 | 1 051 | 43 | 1 088 | 41 | 1 087 | 41 | 1 084 | 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ola Tveita
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