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Continued growth in enterprise debt
The twelve-month growth in the credit indicator C2 was 6.4 per cent to end-April, up from 6.2 per cent to end-March. The increased growth stems from non-financial enterprise debt.
The general public’s gross domestic debt C2 amounted to NOK 3 681 billion at end-April, up from NOK 3 662 billion the previous month.
Continued rise in debt growth for non-financial enterprises
Non-financial enterprises’ gross domestic debt amounted to NOK 1 216 billion at end-April. The twelve-month growth was 4.2 per cent to end-April, up from 3.6 per cent to end-March and 2.8 per cent to end-February.
The growth based on the three-month moving average (annualised) of the non-financial gross debt was 2.7 per cent for the period February-April compared with the previous three months.
Decrease in household debt growth
Household gross domestic debt totalled NOK 2 158 billion at end-April. The twelve-month growth was 6.8 per cent to end-April, down from 6.9 per cent the previous month.
Fall also in debt growth for municipalities
Municipalities’ gross domestic debt totalled NOK 306 billion at end-April. The twelve-month growth was 12.6 per cent to end-April, down from 12.7 per cent to the previous month.
November 2010 | December 2010 | January 2011 | February 2011 | March 2011 | April 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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12 mth. total | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 mth. moving average tot.1 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 6.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 mth. households | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 6.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 mth. non-financial enterprises | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Annualised figure. |
Growth rates are affected by portfolio shifts
Of the general public’s gross domestic debt, nearly 54 per cent consisted of bank loans. Bank loans amounted to NOK 1 971 billion, and the twelve-month growth in bank loans increased from 0.8 per cent to end-March to 1.6 per cent to end-April. Mortgage companies’ loans amounted to NOK 1 079 billion and the twelve-month growth went down from 18.3 per cent to 16.7 per cent in the same period. The growth rates are affected by transfers of loans from banks to mortgage companies. The growth rate for banks and mortgage companies in total was 6.5 per cent to end-April, up from 6.4 per cent the previous month.
The twelve-month growth rate in bond debt was 5.7 per cent to end-April, up from 4.7 per cent the previous month. The twelve-month growth rate in certificate debt was 27.6 per cent to end-April, up from 16.6 per cent to end-March.
C2 is an approximate measure of the size of the gross domestic debt of the general public (households, non-financial enterprises and municipalities) in NOK and foreign currency. Statistics Norway also compiles the credit indicator C3, which in addition to C2 (the public’s domestic gross debt) also includes the public’s external loan debt. Most of the public’s external loan debt refers to non-financial enterprises. The C3 statistics are published approximately one month later than the C2. |
Growth based on the three-month moving average is defined as growth in average outstanding credit (seasonally-adjusted figures) in the latest three-month period in relation to the previous three-month period. The growth is adjusted for exchange rate valuation changes and statistical breaks as an annualised figure. The calculation is centred; in other words, the observation is set at the middle month of the latest three-month period. |
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