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Decrease in foreign debt growth
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2010-12-09T10:00:00.000Z
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The credit indicator C3, September 2010

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Decrease in foreign debt growth

The twelve-month growth in total gross debt (C3) was 3.7 per cent to end-September, down from 3.8 per cent to end-August. The decrease stemmed from foreign debt.

Credit indicator C3 by credit sources. Twelve-month growth. Per cent

Total gross debt amounted to NOK 4 490 billion at end-September; an increase from NOK 4 381 billion at end-August. 88 per cent of the gross debt came from mainland Norway. The twelve-month growth in total debt from mainland Norway was 4.7 per cent to end-September; up from 4.4 per cent the previous month.

Decrease in foreign debt growth stems from offshore industries

The general public gross foreign debt, which mainly relates to non-financial enterprises, amounted to NOK 932 billion in September; up from NOK 832 billion at end-August. The twelve-month growth decreased from -1.0 per cent to -1.5 per cent during September. The decrease in the twelve-month growth is caused by a larger increase in September 2009 than in September 2010, a so-called basis effect.

Offshore industries accounted for 44 per cent of the public gross foreign debt at end-September, which amounted to NOK 414 billion. The annual growth decreased from -3.3 per cent to -5.8 per cent in September. The decrease emanates from short-term debt.

Mainland Norway accounted for the remainder of the foreign debt, which amounted to NOK 518 billion at end-September. The twelve-month growth in mainland Norway’s foreign debt was 2.2 per cent to end-September; up from 0.5 per cent to the previous month. The increase emanates from short-term debt.

Stable domestic gross debt growth

The credit indicator C2 amounted to NOK 3 558 billion at end-September. The twelve-month growth was 5.1 per cent, unaltered from the previous month. The debt growth in non-financial enterprises was 1.4 per cent, while the growth in household debt was 6.3 per cent. The C2 statistics show that the annual growth in the general public domestic gross debt increased to 5.4 per cent to end-October.

Specifications for the credit indicator C3. Twelve-month growth. Per cent
 
  April 2010 May 2010 June 2010 July 2010 August 2010 September 2010
 
Total gross debt (C3) 2.1 2.7 2.2 3.5 3.8 3.7
Total gross loan debt, mainland-Norway 3.2 3.5 5.2 4.6 4.4 4.7
Domestic gross debt (C2)1 4.0 4.2 4.7 4.7 5.1 5.1
Gross external loan debt -5.4 -3.3 -6.5 -1.4 -1.0 -1.5
Gross external loan debt, offshore ind. -11.8 -8.5 -21.4 -9.1 -3.3 -5.8
Gross ext. loan debt, mainland-Norway -1.2 0.1 8.8 4.1 0.5 2.2
 
1  The growth rates for C2 are in the table presented as they were at the time of the C3 release.

The statistics for external loan debt are based on samples, and therefore associated with more uncertainty than the statistics for domestic debt (C2). For more details concerning sampling, see chapter 3.3 in About the statistics .

C3 is an approximate measure of the size of the total gross debt of the public (households, non-financial enterprises and municipalities) in NOK and foreign exchange. C3 comprises the sum of C2 (the public’s domestic gross debt) and the public’s external loan debt, of which C2 constitutes the largest part. The C3 statistics are published approximately one month later than C2.

 

It should be noted that the growth rates for the public’s gross external loan debt vary from month to month due to shifting amounts of short-time internal debt by oil companies. In addition, the first-time-published growth rates are often revised at a later date due to improved information.

 

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