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Decrease in total debt growth
The twelve-month growth in total gross debt (C3) was 5.8 per cent to end-January, down from 6.6 per cent the previous month. The decrease stemmed from both domestic and foreign debt sources.
January 2014 | December 2013 | November 2013 | October 2013 | September 2013 | August 2013 | |
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Total gross debt (C3) | 5.8 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 8.2 |
Total gross loan debt, offshore ind. | 5.7 | 10.3 | 13.1 | 16.9 | 9.6 | 9.5 |
Total gross loan debt, mainland-Norway | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 |
Domestic gross debt (C2) | 5.7 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.2 |
Gross external loan debt | 6.0 | 8.7 | 12.5 | 14.0 | 11.4 | 16.3 |
Gross external loan debt, offshore ind. | 8.8 | 15.1 | 20.0 | 25.2 | 15.0 | 15.1 |
Gross external loan debt, mainland-Norway | 3.7 | 3.3 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 8.4 | 17.3 |
Total gross debt amounted to NOK 5 598 billion at end-January, unchanged from the previous month.
Mainland Norway’s gross debt accounted for 86 per cent of the total gross debt at end-January. This amounted to NOK 4 842 billion, up from NOK 4 820 billion at end-December.
Decrease in foreign debt growth
The general public gross foreign debt, which mainly relates to non-financial corporations, amounted to NOK 1 225 billion at end-January, down from NOK 1 229 billion the previous month. The twelve-month growth decreased from 8.7 per cent to end-December to 6.0 per cent to end-January.
Mainland Norway accounted for 52 per cent of the public gross foreign debt, which amounted to NOK 634 billion at end-January. The twelve-month growth in mainland Norway’s foreign debt was 3.7 per cent to end-January, up from 3.3 per cent to end-December. The decrease in mainland Norway’s foreign debt stemmed from short-term debt.
Offshore industries accounted for the remainder of the foreign debt, which amounted to NOK 578 billion at end-January. The twelve-month growth was 8.8 per cent to end-January, down from 15.1 per cent to end-December. The decrease in the twelve-month growth rate for the offshore industries stemmed from short-term debt.
Decreased domestic debt growth in January
The credit indicator (C2) amounted to NOK 4 386 billion at end-January. The twelve-month growth was 5.7 per cent to end-January, down from 6.0 per cent the month before. The debt growth in non-financial corporations was 3.2 per cent to end-January, while the growth in household debt was 6.8 per cent in the same period. The C2 statistics show that the twelve-month growth in the general public domestic debt increased to 5.8 per cent to end-February.
The statistics is now published as Credit indicator.
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