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Increased money supply growth
The twelve-month growth in total money supply (M2) was 6.0 per cent to end-April, up from 5.4 per cent the previous month.
November 2013 | December 2013 | January 2014 | February 2014 | March 2014 | April 2014 | |
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12-month growth, M0 | 7.3 | 44.5 | 67.0 | 41.2 | 6.4 | 14.3 |
12-month growth, M1 | 1.6 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 6.1 |
12-month growth, M2 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 6.0 |
3-month moving average, M2 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 6.8 | .. |
1-month growth, M2 | 11.7 | 12.1 | 0.1 | 5.0 | 12.2 | 9.8 |
12-month growth, households, M2 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.6 |
12-month growth, non-financial corporations, M2 | 4.5 | 7.4 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 8.7 | 6.8 |
![Figure 1. Money supply growth (M2) Figure 1. Money supply growth (M2)](/en/bank-og-finansmarked/statistikker/m2/maaned/_image/179861.png?_encoded=2f66666666666678302f35382f&_ts=1463d994790)
The total money supply amounted to NOK 1 889 billion at end-April, up from NOK 1 884 billion at end-March.
Increased growth in money supply for households
Households’ money supply constitutes more than half of the total money supply. At end-April it accounted for NOK 1 038 billion, up from NOK 1 032 billion at end-March. The twelve-month growth in households’ money supply was 5.6 per cent to end-April, up from 4.8 per cent the previous month.
The growth in households’ money supply was lower than the growth in households’ gross domestic debt, which amounted to 6.8 per cent to end-April, according to the credit indicator C2.
Decreasing growth of money supply for non-financial corporations
Non-financial enterprises’ money supply amounted to NOK 581 billion at end-April, down from NOK 595 billion at end-March. The twelve-month growth was 6.8 per cent to end-April, down from 8.7 per cent the previous month. Non-financial enterprises’ money supply constituted 31 per cent of the total money supply at end-April.
Increasing money supply growth for municipal government
Municipal government’s money supply amounted to NOK 82 billion at end-April, up from NOK 80 billion the previous month. The twelve-month growth rate was 4.0 per cent to end-April, up from 3.5 per cent to end-March.
Increased money supply growth for other financial corporations
Other financial enterprises’ money supply amounted to NOK 188 billion at end-April, up from NOK 177 billion at end-March. The twelve-month growth was 6.6 per cent to end-April, up from -0.6 per cent the previous month.
Steady composition of money supply
The composition of the money supply remains steady. The broad monetary aggregate M2 amounted to NOK 1 889 billion at end-April, of which the major part, 93.8 per cent, consisted of bank deposits. In comparison, notes and coins accounted for 2.3 per cent. The rest of the broad monetary aggregate consisted of shares in money market funds and certificates of deposits, which accounted for 3.6 and 0.2 per cent respectively.
Increased growth in base money
Base money (M0) amounted to NOK 88 billion at end-April, down from NOK 96 billion the previous month. The twelve-month growth in M0 increased from 6.4 per cent at the end of March to 14.3 per cent at the end of April.
The statistics is published with Monetary aggregates.
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