Increased growth in domestic loan debt

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The twelve-month growth in the credit indicator C2 was 5.0 per cent to the end of March 2021, up from 4.9 per cent the previous month.

The general public’s domestic loan debt amounted to NOK 6 395 billion at end-March, according to new figures from the the Credit indicator statistics.

Figure 1. Credit indicator (C2). 12-month growth

General public Households Non-financial corporations Municipalities
March 2016 4.8 5.8 3.0 5.1
April 2016 4.9 6.0 2.9 5.7
May 2016 4.7 5.9 2.2 5.7
June 2016 4.8 6.0 2.7 5.4
July 2016 4.9 5.9 2.9 5.1
Aug. 2016 4.9 6.1 2.6 5.0
Sep. 2016 5.0 6.3 2.2 6.4
Oct. 2016 4.9 6.1 2.4 5.9
Nov. 2016 5.1 6.5 2.5 5.0
Dec. 2016 4.8 6.3 1.8 5.6
Jan. 2017 5.0 6.5 2.1 5.8
Feb. 2017 5.0 6.6 1.7 6.4
March 2017 5.2 6.7 2.1 6.1
April 2017 5.1 6.5 2.2 5.6
May 2017 5.4 6.7 3.0 5.2
June 2017 5.6 6.6 4.0 5.3
July 2017 5.7 6.6 4.1 5.8
Aug. 2017 5.6 6.5 3.7 6.0
Sep. 2017 5.8 6.4 4.7 5.3
Oct. 2017 5.7 6.3 4.7 5.4
Nov. 2017 5.8 6.4 4.9 5.3
Dec. 2017 6.4 6.4 6.7 5.3
Jan. 2018 6.2 6.2 6.6 5.1
Feb. 2018 6.3 6.0 7.4 4.3
March 2018 6.3 6.0 7.5 4.6
April 2018 6.4 6.0 7.8 4.9
May 2018 6.2 5.8 7 5.8
June 2018 5.9 5.9 6.2 5.4
July 2018 5.8 5.8 6.2 5
Aug. 2018 5.9 5.8 6.5 4.8
Sep. 2018 5.5 5.8 5 4.8
Oct. 2018 5.8 5.8 6 4.7
Nov. 2018 5.7 5.6 6.2 5.3
Dec. 2018 5.6 5.6 5.5 6.6
Jan. 2019 5.9 5.8 6.1 6.4
Feb. 2019 6 5.8 5.9 7.3
March 2019 6 5.7 6.1 7.6
April 2019 5.9 5.7 6 7
May 2019 5.9 5.7 6 6.8
June 2019 5.9 5.6 6.1 6.8
July 2019 5.8 5.4 6.1 7
Aug. 2019 5.6 5.3 6 6.9
Sep. 2019 6 5.1 7.3 7
Oct. 2019 5.7 5.1 6.4 7.6
Nov. 2019 5.7 5.2 6 7.8
Dec. 2019 5.2 5 5.1 7.1
Jan. 2020 5.1 4.9 4.8 7.4
Feb. 2020 5 4.9 4.4 7.4
March 2020 4.8 4.8 4.3 6.9
April 2020 4.7 4.6 3.9 7.7
May 2020 4.7 4.5 4.5 7.5
June 2020 4.6 4.5 4 8.1
July 2020 4.7 4.6 3.6 8.4
Aug. 2020 4.8 4.6 4.1 8.1
Sep. 2020 4.6 4.7 3.3 8.6
Oct. 2020 4.5 4.8 3.2 7.8
Nov. 2020 4.7 4.8 3.6 7.7
Dec. 2020 4.8 4.9 3.8 7.7
Jan. 2021 4.9 4.9 4.1 7
Feb. 2021 4.9 4.8 4.4 7.1
March 2021 5 4.9 4.4 8.5

Increased debt growth in households  

Households’ domestic loan debt totalled NOK 3 839 billion at end-March. The twelve-month growth was 4.9 per cent to end-March, up from 4.8 per cent the previous month.

Unchanged debt growth in non-financial corporations

Non-financial corporations domestic loan debt amounted to NOK 1 946 billion at end-March. The twelve-month growth was 4.4 per cent to end-March, unchanged from the previous month.

Decreased growth in loans from banks and mortgage companies

Of the general public’s domestic loan debt, 81 per cent consisted of loans from banks and mortgage companies at end-March. This amounted to NOK 5 159 billion. The twelve-month growth in loans from banks and mortgage companies was 4.7 per cent to end-March, down from 4.9 per cent the previous month.

Increased growth in debt securities

The twelve-month growth in the general public’s debt securities was 16.0 per cent to end-March, up from 11.4 per cent the previous month.