Monetary aggregates, August 2016

The twelve-month growth in households’ money supply was lower than the growth in households’ gross domestic debt, which was 6.1 per cent to end-August according to the credit indicator C2.

The money supply growth for non-financial corporations was 6.9 per cent to end-August, while the growth for municipal government was 9.3 per cent. Other financial corporations accounted for the last share of the money supply, and this sector’s money supply growth was 2.0 per cent to end-August. 

More than half of the money supply in households

The monetary aggregate M3 was NOK 2 006 billion at the end of August, down from NOK 2 030 billion the previous month. Households’ money supply constitutes more than half of the total monetary aggregate M3. At end-August households’ money supply amounted to NOK 1 174 billion, down from NOK 1 182 billion at end-July. 

The money supply for non-financial corporations was NOK 621 billion at end-August, up from 619 the previous month. The money supply for municipal government and other financial corporations amounted to NOK 78 billion and NOK 133 billion respectively.

Steady composition of money supply

The composition of the money supply remains steady. Transaction deposits accounted for 88.8 per cent of the total money supply, while other deposits accounted for 8.5 per cent at the end of August. Notes and coins accounted for 2.3 per cent, while repurchase agreements, debt securities and bonds in total accounted for 0.4 per cent of the money supply at end-August.