Statistics Norway

Securities registered at VPS

8 Net purchases in the primary and secondary market of bonds registered with the VPS1 by purchasing sector. Marketvalue. NOK Million
  Bonds. 2 quarter 2012 Short-term bonds. 2 quarter 2012 Bonds. 1 quarter 2012 Short-term bonds. 1 quarter 2012
Total 24 728 8 482 45 956 10 768
         
Non-financial corporations 1 993 -7 560  912 15 913
Public unincorporated enterprises, owned by central government - - - -
Public incorporated enterprises, owned by central government 14 -8 844 14 17 016
Public unincorporated enterprises, owned by local government - - - -
Public incorporated enterprises, owned by local government 2 613 1 356  124 -1 016
Private non-financial incorporated enterprises -534 -66  649 -91
Private non-financial unincorporated enterprises - - - -
Private non-profit institutions serving enterprises -100 -6  125 4
         
Financial corporations 21 799 8 434 14 663 -5 023
Norges Bank - - - -
Banks 19 291 5 757 -5 015 3 898
Mortgage companies  709 7 072 7 094 -1 194
Finance companies .. - - -
State lending institutions etc. -79 32 -24 -34
Financial holding companies  446 68  122  137
Mutual funds 2 211 -2 514 -1 213 -23
Investment trusts and private equity funds -28 - 33 -
Other financial enterprises, except insurance companies and pension funds 62 -479 2 272 -258
Life insurance companies and pension funds -840 -601 9 813 -8 883
Non-life insurance companies 27 -901 1 581 1 334
         
General government -2 729 8 316 -3 644 -1 796
Central government and social security funds -2 207 8 283 -2 573 -1 781
Local government -522 33 -1 071 -15
         
Non-profit institutions serving households  259 -156  113 -29
         
Households -46 49  397 -41
Unincorporated enterprises within households 3 - 4 -
Housing cooperatives etc. - - - -
Employees, recipients of property income, pensions and social contributions, students etc. -49 49  393 -41
         
Rest of the world 3 452 -601 33 515 1 744
         
Unspecified sector - - - -
1  The Norwegian Central Securities Depository.

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