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Major data revisions have been made that affect the breakdown of lending by county, but the total figures are not affected. The article text, tables and figures have been updated with corrected figures.
Highest loan growth in Rogaland
Total loans from banks and mortgage companies to Norwegian counties amounted to NOK 3 689 billion at end-2012, up from NOK 3 483 billion the previous year. This corresponds to an increase of 5.9 per cent.
2012 | 2011 | |
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Deposits | ||
Banks | 1 764 284 | 1 679 036 |
Loans | ||
Banks | 2 300 435 | 2 241 642 |
Mortgage companies | 1 388 971 | 1 241 579 |
State lending institutions | 260 529 | 244 932 |
The growth was highest in Rogaland county, where the loans increased by NOK 37 billion, or 10.5 per cent, during the last year. Oslo and Nordland followed with a 7.5 and 6.4 per cent growth respectively.
Increasing loans to employees
Total loans by county from banks and mortgage companies to employees was NOK 1 897 billion at the end of 2012. This was an increase of NOK 135 billion, or 7.7 per cent, compared to end-2011.
Employees in Rogaland had the highest annual loan increase. Their loan raisings amounted to NOK 225 billion at the end of 2012, up by 21.4 per cent from the previous year. Wage earners in Rogaland held a share of 11.8 per cent of all Norwegian employees’ borrowings in banks and mortgage companies at the end of year.
Loans to wage earners in Østfold increased to NOK 89 billion to end-2012. This was a rise of NOK 3 billion, or 3.7 per cent, from the end of 2011. Employees in Østfold thus had the lowest loan growth among the counties in mainland Norway
New institutional sector classification Open and readClose
The Norwegian institutional sector classification was revised on 1 January 2012 in line with the international classification. This change entails a break in the statistics for the accounting statistics for financial corporations from March 2012.
Read more about which sectors and industries are affected by the new institutional sector classification in About the statistics.
The statistics is now published as Banks and mortgage companies.
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