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Decreased money supply growth
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2014-09-30T10:00:00.000Z
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The money supply M2, August 2014

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Decreased money supply growth

The twelve-month growth in total money supply (M2) was 5.2 per cent to end-August, down from 5.3 per cent the previous month.

Monetary aggregates. Percentage changePublished 30 September 2014
March 2014April 2014May 2014June 2014July 2014August 2014
12-month growth, M25.46.05.56.75.35.2
3-month moving average, M26.87.48.96.76.9..
12-month growth, households, M25.66.36.56.16.16.4
12-month growth, non-financial corporations, M27.35.73.76.03.34.1

Source: Statistics Norway

Figure 1. Money supply growth (M2)

The total money supply amounted to NOK 1 939 billion at end-August, down from NOK 1 947 billion at end-July.

Stronger growth in money supply for households

Households’ money supply constitutes more than half of the total money supply. At end-August it accounted for NOK 1 094 billion, up from NOK 1 089 billion at end-July. The twelve-month growth in households’ money supply was 6.4 per cent to end-August, up from 6.1 per cent the previous month.

The growth in households’ money supply was lower than the growth in households’ gross domestic debt, which amounted to 6.5 per cent to end-August, according to the credit indicator C2.

Increasing growth of money supply for non-financial corporations

Non-financial corporations’ money supply amounted to NOK 595 billion at end-August, up from NOK 588 billion at end-July. The twelve-month growth was 4.1 per cent to end-August, up from 3.3 per cent the previous month. Non-financial corporations’ money supply constituted 31 per cent of the total money supply at end-August.

Increasing money supply growth for municipal government

Municipal government’s money supply amounted to NOK 75 billion at end-August, down from NOK 88 billion the previous month. The twelve-month growth rate was 13.2 per cent to end-August, up from 7.9 per cent to end-July.

Decreased money supply growth for other financial corporations

Other financial corporations’ money supply amounted to NOK 174 billion at end-August, down from NOK 182 billion at the end of the previous month. The twelve-month growth was -0.8 per cent to end-August, down from 6.0 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 1 939 billion at end-August, of which the major part, 94 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 0.1 per cent respectively.

Unchanged growth in base money

Base money (M0) amounted to NOK 140 billion at the end of August, up from NOK 120 billion at the end of July. The twelve-month growth in M0 was unchanged at 15.1 per cent to end-August.