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Decline in mainland Norway’s debt growth
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2011-06-09T10:00:00.000Z
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The credit indicator C3, March 2011

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Decline in mainland Norway’s debt growth

The twelve-month growth in total debt from mainland Norway was 5.7 per cent to end-March, down from 7.2 per cent the previous month.

About 90 per cent of the total gross debt (C3) came from mainland Norway. This amounted to NOK 4 049 billion at end-March, down from NOK 4 098 billion the previous month.

Total gross debt (C3) amounted to NOK 4 655 billion at end-March. The twelve-month growth was 8.6 per cent, up from 6.9 per cent to end-February.

Increase in foreign debt growth

The general public gross foreign debt, which mainly relates to non-financial enterprises, amounted to NOK 992 billion at end-March. The twelve-month growth increased from 11.0 per cent to 18.5 per cent during March.

Mainland Norway accounted for about 53 per cent of the public gross foreign debt, which amounted to NOK 528 billion. The twelve-month growth in mainland Norway’s foreign debt was 2.4 per cent to end-March; down from 15.4 per cent the previous month. The decrease emanated from long-term debt, which accounts for 75 per cent of mainland Norway’s total foreign debt.

Offshore industries accounted for the remainder of the foreign debt, which amounted to NOK 464 billion. The annual growth increased from 3.6 per cent the previous month to 43.6 to end-March. The increase stemmed mainly from short-time internal debt by oil companies. This debt can fluctuate considerably from one month to the next.

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

Increase in domestic gross debt growth

The credit indicator C2 amounted to NOK 3 662 billion at end-March. The twelve-month growth was 6.2 per cent, up from 5.9 per cent the previous month. The debt growth in non-financial enterprises was 3.6 per cent, while the growth in household debt was 6.9 per cent. The C2 statistics show that the annual growth in the general public domestic gross debt went up to 6.4 per cent to end-April.

Specifications for the credit indicator C3. Twelve-month growth. Per cent
 
  October 2010 November 2010 December 2010 January 2011 February 2011 March 2011
 
Total gross debt (C3) 5.4 5.7 8.2 6.6 6.9 8.6
Total gross loan debt, mainland-Norway 5.4 5.8 5.8 7.0 7.2 5.7
Domestic gross debt (C2)1 5.3 5.8 6.1 6.1 5.9 6.2
Gross external loan debt 5.5 5.4 16.7 8.6 11.0 18.5
Gross external loan debt, offshore ind. 3.6 3.6 35.4 1.4 3.6 43.6
Gross ext. loan debt, mainland-Norway 6.6 6.6 4.9 12.9 15.4 2.4
 
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 section 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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