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Increase in total debt growth
The twelve-month growth in total gross debt (C3) was 6.7 per cent to end-April, up from 4.6 per cent the previous month. The increase stemmed from both domestic and foreign debt sources.
Total gross debt amounted to NOK 5 264 billion at end-April, up from NOK 5 219 billion at end-March.
Mainland Norway’s gross debt accounted for 87 per cent of the total gross debt at end-April. This amounted to NOK 4 588 billion, up from NOK 4 547 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 1 080 billion at end-April, up from NOK 1 062 billion the previous month. The twelve-month growth increased from -1.4 per cent to end-March to 7.4 per cent to end- April.
Mainland Norway accounted for 53 per cent of the public gross foreign debt, which amounted to NOK 576 billion at end-April. The twelve-month growth in mainland Norway’s foreign debt was 3.6 per cent to end-April, up from 0.2 per cent to end-March. 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 504 billion at end-April. The twelve-month growth was 12.0 per cent to end-April, up from -3.2 per cent to end-March. The increase in the twelve-month growth rate for the offshore industries mainly stemmed from short-term debt.
Increase in domestic debt growth in April
The credit indicator (C2) amounted to NOK 4 184 billion at end-April. The twelve-month growth was 6.5 per cent to end-April, up from 6.2 per cent the month before. The debt growth in non-financial corporations was 4.0 per cent to end-April, while the growth in household debt was 7.7 per cent in the same period. The C2 statistics show that the twelve-month growth in the general public domestic debt decreased to 6.4 per cent to end-May.
The statistics is now published as Credit indicator.
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