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Increase in total debt growth
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2015-05-07T10:00:00.000Z
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The credit indicator C3, February 2015

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Increase in total debt growth

The twelve-month growth in total gross debt (C3) was 5.8 per cent to end-February, up from 5.4 per cent the previous month. The increase stemmed from foreign debt sources.

Total gross dept (C3). Twelve-month growth. Per centPublished 7 May 2015
February 2015January 2015December 2014November 2014October 2014September 2014
Total gross debt (C3)5.85.45.16.34.54.7
Total gross loan debt, offshore ind.7.94.82.614.20.41.6
Total gross loan debt, mainland-Norway5.55.55.44.95.25.2
Domestic gross debt (C2)5.55.65.45.25.45.4
Gross external loan debt7.04.73.99.61.62.4
Gross external loan debt, offshore ind.9.45.23.217.0-0.21.3
Gross external loan debt, mainland-Norway4.74.34.52.33.33.4

Source: Statistics Norway

Figure 1. The credit indicator C3. 12-month growth

Total gross debt amounted to NOK 6 088 billion at end-February, up from NOK 6 072 billion at end-January.

Mainland Norway’s gross debt accounted for 85 per cent of the total gross debt at end-February. This amounted to NOK 5 197 billion, up from NOK 5 188 billion at end-January.

Increased foreign debt growth

The general public gross foreign debt, which mainly relates to non-financial corporations, amounted to NOK 1 413 billion at end-February, up from NOK 1 411 billion the previous month. The twelve-month growth increased from 4.7 per cent to end-January to 7.0 per cent to end-February.

Mainland Norway accounted for 48 per cent of the public gross foreign debt, which amounted to NOK 682 billion at end-February. The twelve-month growth in mainland Norway’s foreign debt was 4.7 per cent to end-February, up from 4.3 per cent to end-January. The increase in mainland Norway’s foreign debt growth stemmed from long-term debt.

Offshore industries accounted for the remainder of the foreign debt, which amounted to NOK 732 billion at end-February. The twelve-month growth was 9.4 per cent to end-February, up from 5.2 per cent to end-January. The increase in the twelve-month growth rate for the offshore industries stemmed from long-term debt.

Decreased domestic debt growth in February

The credit indicator (C2) amounted to NOK 4 674 billion at end-February. The twelve-month growth was 5.5 per cent to end-February, down from 5.6 per cent the month before. The debt growth for non-financial corporations was 3.3 per cent from end-February 2014 to end-February 2015, while the growth in household debt was 6.2 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-March 2015.