Weaker money supply growth

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The twelve-month growth in the monetary aggregate M3 was 6.6 per cent to end-November, down from 6.8 per cent the previous month. Households’ growth in M3 was 4.1 per cent to end-November, unchanged from the previous month.

The twelve-month growth in households’ money supply was lower than the growth in households’ domestic debt, which was 6.4 per cent to end-November according to the credit indicator C2.

The money supply growthfor non-financial corporations was 10.3 per cent to end-November, while the growth for municipal government was 5.4 per cent. The money supply growth for other financial corporations was 12.3 per cent to end-November, according to new figures from the Monetary aggregates statistics.

Figure 1. Monetary aggregate M3. Twelve-month growth

Money-holding sector Households Non-financial corporations
Nov. 2011 7.7 7 5.5
Dec. 2011 6.4 7.9 4.6
Jan. 2012 6 7.6 3.5
Feb. 2012 6.3 7.7 4.8
Mar. 2012 6.8 8.7 3
Apr. 2012 5.2 8.3 0.2
May 2012 3.3 8.6 -4.2
June 2012 5.7 8.8 1.2
July 2012 5.2 7.9 2
Aug. 2012 5.3 8.5 -0.5
Sept. 2012 5 8.8 -0.9
Oct. 2012 4 7.3 -0.8
Nov. 2012 5.3 7.2 3.2
Dec. 2012 4.8 6.8 1.4
Jan. 2013 4.9 6.8 2.1
Feb. 2013 3.8 6.5 -0.5
Mar. 2013 3.8 6.3 -0.5
Apr. 2013 4.1 5.8 1.3
May 2013 6.1 5.9 6
June 2013 4.7 6 2.8
July 2013 5.2 5.8 4.3
Aug. 2013 6.1 6.5 8.3
Sept. 2013 4 5.7 4.3
Oct. 2013 4.5 6.1 4.5
Nov. 2013 4.2 6.4 3.1
Dec. 2013 6.1 6.3 5.9
Jan. 2014 5.2 6.3 5
Feb. 2014 5.7 6.4 6
Mar. 2014 5.8 5.8 8.4
Apr. 2014 6.3 6.5 6.2
May 2014 5.4 6.7 3.7
June 2014 6.8 6.2 5.6
July 2014 5.3 6.3 2.9
Aug. 2014 5.9 6.6 3.8
Sept. 2014 6.4 6.6 5.6
Oct. 2014 5.4 6.5 5.2
Nov. 2014 5.7 7 4.3
Dec. 2014 5.5 7.4 4.5
Jan. 2015 5.6 7.2 3.9
Feb. 2015 4.9 7.2 2.1
Mar. 2015 6 6.7 6
Apr. 2015 4.9 6.7 3.6
May 2015 5.7 7.4 6.5
June 2015 4.6 6.3 5.1
July 2015 5.6 6.2 7.5
Aug. 2015 3.5 5.7 1.5
Sept. 2015 4.6 5.8 4.1
Oct. 2015 5.5 6.2 3.3
Nov. 2015 4.1 5.2 3.1
Dec. 2015 3.1 5.1 0.7
Jan. 2016 3.1 5.5 0.6
Feb. 2016 4.4 5.1 5
Mar. 2016 3.6 5.4 0.7
Apr. 2016 5.3 5.8 5.7
May 2016 3.2 4.6 0.6
June 2016 4.6 5.3 2.6
July 2016 4.6 5.8 2
Aug. 2016 5.8 5.2 6.9
Sept. 2016 6.8 5.3 8.3
Oct. 2016 6.2 4.9 9.2
Nov. 2016 6.6 5.1 9.3
Dec. 2016 5.4 4.1 8.2
Jan. 2017 6.5 3.1 11.6
Feb. 2017 6.6 3.4 11.6
Mar. 2017 7.4 3.5 15.4
Apr. 2017 7.1 3.6 12.7
May 2017 7.4 3.7 15.5
Jun. 2017 7.1 3.8 15.4
July 2017 7.7 3.2 15.4
Aug. 2017 6.7 3.5 12.7
Sept. 2017 6.4 4 11.8
Oct. 2017 6.8 4.1 11.6
Nov. 2017 6.6 4.1 10.3

More than half of M3 held by households

The monetary aggregate M3 was NOK 2 162 billion at the end of November, down from NOK 2 164 billion the previous month. More than half of M3 is held by households. At end-November this amounted to NOK 1 206 billion, down from NOK 1 210 billion at end-October.

The money supply for non-financial corporations was NOK 714 billion at end-November, down from NOK 717 billion the previous month. The money supply for municipal government and other financial corporations amounted to NOK 105 billion and NOK 137 billion respectively.

Steady composition of the money supply

The composition of the money supply remains steady. Transaction deposits accounted for 88.3 per cent of the total money supply, while other deposits accounted for 9.3 per cent at the end of November. Notes and coins accounted for 1.9 per cent, while repurchase agreements, debt securities and bonds in total accounted for 0.4 per cent of the money supply at end-November.

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