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Increase in total debt growth
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The credit indicator C3, November 2012

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Increase in total debt growth

The twelve-month growth in total gross debt (C3) was 6.1 per cent to end-November 2012, up from 5.2 per cent the previous month. The increase stemmed from both domestic and foreign debt sources.

Source: Statistics Norway

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

Total gross debt amounted to NOK 5 124 billion at end-November, up from NOK 5 042 billion at end-October.

Mainland Norway’s gross debt accounted for 87 per cent of the total gross debt at end-November. This amounted to NOK 4 465 billion at end-November, up from NOK 4 431 billion the previous month.

Increase in foreign debt growth

The general public gross foreign debt, which mainly relates to non-financial corporations, amounted to NOK 1 031 billion at end-November, up from NOK 982 billion the previous month. The twelve-month growth increased from -1.1 per cent to end-October to 2.6 per cent to end-November.

Mainland Norway accounted for nearly 54 per cent of the public gross foreign debt, which amounted to NOK 553 billion at end-November. The twelve-month growth in mainland Norway’s foreign debt was 8.2 per cent to end-November, up from 6.3 per cent to end-October. The increase in mainland Norway’s foreign debt stemmed from both short-term and long-term debt.

Offshore industries accounted for the remainder of the foreign debt, which amounted to NOK 478 billion at end-November. The twelve-month growth was -3.3 per cent to end-November, up from -9.3 per cent to end-October. The increase in the twelve-month growth rate for the offshore industries stemmed from both short-term and long-term debt.

Unchanged domestic gross debt growth in November

The credit indicator (C2) amounted to NOK 4 093 billion at end-November. The twelve-month growth was 7.1 per cent to end-November, up from 6.9 the previous month. The debt growth in non-financial corporations was 6.4 per cent, while the growth in household debt was 7.2 per cent. The C2 statistics show that the twelve-month growth in the general public domestic gross debt went down to 6.5 per cent to end-December.