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Decrease in total debt growth
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2014-10-07T10:00:00.000Z
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The credit indicator C3, July 2014

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Decrease in total debt growth

The twelve-month growth in total gross debt (C3) was 5.1 per cent to end-July, down from 5.4 per cent the previous month. The decrease stemmed from foreign debt sources.

Source: Statistics Norway

Figure 1. The credit indicator C3. 12-month growth

Total gross debt amounted to NOK 5 761 billion at end-July, up from NOK 5 759 billion at end-June.

Mainland Norway’s gross debt accounted for 86 per cent of the total gross debt at end-July. This amounted to NOK 4 977 billion, up from NOK 4 974 billion at end-June.

Decreased foreign debt growth

The general public gross foreign debt, which mainly relates to non-financial corporations, amounted to NOK 1 251 billion at end-July, down from NOK 1 260 billion the previous month. The twelve-month growth decreased from 5.4 per cent to end-June to 4.0 per cent to end-July.

Mainland Norway accounted for 52 per cent of the public gross foreign debt, which amounted to NOK 652 billion at end-July. The twelve-month growth in mainland Norway’s foreign debt was 1.0 per cent to end-July, down from 2.0 per cent to end-June. The decrease in mainland Norway’s foreign debt growth stemmed from short-term debt.

Offshore industries accounted for the remainder of the foreign debt, which amounted to NOK 599 billion at end-July. The twelve-month growth was 7.6 per cent to end-July, down from 9.5 per cent to end-June. The decrease in the twelve-month growth rate for the offshore industries stemmed from short-term debt.

Stronger domestic debt growth in July

The credit indicator (C2) amounted to NOK 4 510 billion at end-July. The twelve-month growth was 5.4 per cent to end-July, moderately up from 5.3 per cent the month before. The debt growth in non-financial corporations was 2.6 per cent to end-July, while the growth in household debt was 6.7 per cent in the same period. The C2 statistics show that the twelve-month growth in the general public domestic debt fell moderately to 5.3 per cent to end- August.