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Increase in lending from financial institutions
Financial institutions’ lending increased by 5 per cent to NOK 4 161billion during the last year. Of this, loans to the public accounted for NOK 3 589 billion. This is an increase of 6.9 percentage points compared to the same quarter in the previous year.
Finance and mortgage companies’ lending to the public (municipalities, non-financial corporations and households) increased by 17.2 per cent to NOK 1 307 billion in the last 12 months.
Increased stock of securities
Investments in securities increased by 1.9 per cent to NOK 2 093 billion during the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the previous year. The value of investments in equities, units and primary capital certificates increased by 4 per cent, while investments in bonds increased by 5.7 per cent compared to the fourth quarter of the previous year. Bonds still have the largest share of the stock of securities by 63.9 per cent, while equities, units and primary capital certificates account for 29.6 per cent.
Increase in total assets
Total assets for all financial institutions increased by 8.3 per cent to NOK 7 383 billion compared with the corresponding quarter in 2010. The total assets in banks increased by 8.5 per cent, while the total assets in insurance companies and finance companies increased by 4.6 per cent and 16.7 per cent respectively during the same period.
| 4. qu. 2010 | 1. qu. 2011 | 2. qu. 2011 | 3. qu. 2011 | 4. qu. 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Assets | Lending | Assets | Lending | Assets | Lending | Assets | Lending | Assets | Lending | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 6 820 | 3 356 | 6 950 | 3 398 | 6 861 | 3 457 | 7 224 | 3 525 | 7 383 | 3 589 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norges Bank | 396 | 1 | 399 | 1 | 366 | 1 | 370 | 1 | 340 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Banks | 3 641 | 1 967 | 3 682 | 1 962 | 3 595 | 1 977 | 3 849 | 2 003 | 3 951 | 2 000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State lending institutions | 246 | 231 | 253 | 237 | 252 | 238 | 254 | 239 | 258 | 243 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finance companies | 1 485 | 1 114 | 1 528 | 1 157 | 1 561 | 1 200 | 1 667 | 1 245 | 1 734 | 1 307 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Insurance companies | 1 052 | 43 | 1 088 | 41 | 1 087 | 41 | 1 084 | 38 | 1 100 | 38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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