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Continued increase in total debt growth
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The credit indicator C3, January 2013

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Continued increase in total debt growth

The twelve-month growth in total gross debt (C3) was 8.7 per cent to end-January 2013, up from 6.8 per cent the previous month. The increase stemmed from foreign debt sources.

Total gross dept (C3). Twelve-month growth. Per centPublished 15 April 2013
January 2013December 2012November 2012October 2012September 2012August 2012
Total gross debt (C3)8.76.86.45.55.15.2
Total gross loan debt, offshore ind.29.013.20.3-3.9-0.4-1.0
Total gross loan debt, mainland-Norway6.15.97.37.06.06.1
Domestic gross debt (C2)6.36.57.16.96.97.2
Gross external loan debt19.07.73.70.2-1.4-2.1
Gross external loan debt, offshore ind.40.516.8-2.9-8.9-4.3-5.6
Gross external loan debt, mainland-Norway3.90.79.98.41.10.9

Source: Statistics Norway

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

Total gross debt amounted to NOK 5 197 billion at end-January, up from NOK 5 139 billion at end-December 2012.

Mainland Norway’s gross debt accounted for 86 per cent of the total gross debt at end-January. This amounted to NOK 4 493 billion, up from NOK 4 463 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 1 085 billion at end-January, up from NOK 1 049 billion the previous month. The twelve-month growth increased from 7.7 per cent to end-December 2012 to 19.0 per cent to end-January.

Mainland Norway accounted for 51 per cent of the public gross foreign debt, which amounted to NOK 554 billion at end-January. The twelve-month growth in mainland Norway’s foreign debt was 3.9 per cent to end-January, up from 0.7 per cent to end-December. The increase in mainland Norway’s foreign debt stemmed from long-term debt.

Offshore industries accounted for the remainder of the foreign debt, which amounted to NOK 532 billion at end-January. The twelve-month growth was 40.5 per cent to end-January, up from 16.8 per cent to end-December. The increase in the twelve-month growth rate for the offshore industries stemmed from both long-term and short-term debt.

Decrease in domestic debt growth

The credit indicator (C2) amounted to NOK 4 112 billion at end-January. The twelve-month growth was 6.3 per cent to end-January, down from 6.5 per cent the previous month. The debt growth in non-financial corporations was 4.4 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 remained unchanged at 6.3 per cent to end-February.