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  • Revisions in the financial accounts

    Households’ life insurance and pension entitlements and central government’s other assets are revised.

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  • Good annual results for banks

    Norwegian banks’ pre-tax profit amounted to NOK 59.1 billion in 2017. This is an increase of NOK 4.8 billion from 2016.

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  • Increased growth in domestic loan debt

    The twelve-month growth in the credit indicator C2 was 6.3 per cent to the end of December 2017, up from 5.8 per cent the previous month. The growth is mainly due to an increase in loan debt in non-financial corporations.

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  • Unchanged money supply growth

    The twelve-month growth in the monetary aggregate M3 was 6.6 per cent to end-December, unchanged from the previous month. Households’ growth in M3 was 4.4 per cent to end-December, up from 4.1 per cent the previous month.

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  • Weaker money supply growth

    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.

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  • Increased growth in domestic loan debt

    The twelve-month growth in the credit indicator C2 was 5.8 per cent to the end of November 2017, up from 5.7 per cent the previous month.

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  • Stronger money supply growth

    The twelve-month growth in the monetary aggregate M3 was 6.8 per cent to end-October, up from 6.4 per cent the previous month. Households’ growth in M3 was 4.1 per cent to end-October, up from 4.0 per cent the previous month.

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  • Decreased growth in domestic loan debt

    The twelve-month growth in the credit indicator C2 was 5.7 per cent to the end of October, down from 5.8 per cent the previous month.

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  • Interest rate margins on mortgages decrease

    The interest rate margins on new and outstanding mortgages to households decreased in September. The fixed-interest rate on new mortgages decreased by 0.02 percentage points in September, while the floating rate was stable. 

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  • Good results for banks

    Norwegian banks’ accumulated pre-tax profit in the first three quarters of 2017 amounted to NOK 42.9 billion. This is an increase of NOK 3.6 billion from the same period in 2016. Increased net interest income and lower loss on loans contributed to...

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  • Stronger growth in domestic loan debt

    The twelve-month growth in the credit indicator C2 was 5.8 per cent to the end of September, up from 5.6 per cent the previous month.

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  • Weaker money supply growth

    The twelve-month growth in the monetary aggregate M3 was 6.4 per cent to end-September, down from 6.7 per cent the previous month. Households’ growth in M3 was 4.1 per cent to end-September, up from 3.5 per cent the previous month.

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  • Further increase in lending margin

    The lending margins on new and outstanding mortgages to households increased to 1.70 and 1.73 per cent in August. The fixed-interest rate on new mortgages was unchanged at 2.47 per cent in August, while the floating rate was stable at 2.50 per cent.

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  • Weaker money supply growth

    The twelve-month growth in the monetary aggregate M3 was 6.7 per cent to end-August, down from 7.7 per cent the previous month. Households’ growth in M3 was 3.5 per cent to end-August, up from 3.2 per cent the previous month.

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  • Weaker growth in domestic loan debt

    The twelve-month growth in the credit indicator C2 was 5.6 per cent to the end of August, down from 5.7 per cent the previous month.

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