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.
3 quarter 2012
Short-term bonds.
3 quarter 2012
Bonds.
2 quarter 2012
Short-term bonds.
2 quarter 2012
Bonds.
1 quarter 2012
Short-term bonds.
1 quarter 2012
Total 41 842 -5 595 24 728 8 482 45 956 10 768
             
Non-financial corporations  641 -414 1 993 -7 560  912 15 913
Public unincorporated enterprises, owned by central government - - - - - -
Public incorporated enterprises, owned by central government  141 27 14 -8 844 14 17 016
Public unincorporated enterprises, owned by local government - - - - - -
Public incorporated enterprises, owned by local government -477 -518 2 613 1 356  124 -1 016
Private non-financial incorporated enterprises  968 83 -534 -66  649 -91
Private non-financial unincorporated enterprises 9 - - - - -
Private non-profit institutions serving enterprises - -6 -100 -6  125 4
             
Financial corporations 32 401 -5 135 21 799 8 434 14 663 -5 023
Norges Bank - - - - - -
Banks  699 2 526 19 291 5 757 -5 015 3 898
Mortgage companies 95 -2 433  709 7 072 7 094 -1 194
Finance companies -2 - - - - -
State lending institutions etc. -219 -39 -79 32 -24 -34
Financial holding companies -11  273  446 68  122  137
Mutual funds 12 641 -697 2 211 -2 514 -1 213 -23
Investment trusts and private equity funds 9 - -28 - 33 -
Other financial enterprises, except insurance companies and pension funds  561 -459 62 -479 2 272 -258
Life insurance companies and pension funds 16 289 -4 133 -840 -601 9 813 -8 883
Non-life insurance companies 2 339 -173 27 -901 1 581 1 334
             
General government -6 045 -1 154 -2 729 8 316 -3 644 -1 796
Central government and social security funds -5 871 -1 184 -2 207 8 283 -2 573 -1 781
Local government -174 30 -522 33 -1 071 -15
             
Non-profit institutions serving households  286 -183  259 -156  113 -29
             
Households  235 -33 -46 49  397 -41
Unincorporated enterprises within households -3 - 3 - 4 -
Housing cooperatives etc. - - - - - -
Employees, recipients of property income, pensions and social contributions, students etc.  238 -33 -49 49  393 -41
             
Rest of the world 14 323 1 325 3 452 -601 33 515 1 744
             
Unspecified sector 1 -1 - - - -
1  The Norwegian Central Securities Depository.

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