Economic commentaries

CPI and CPI-ATE.. Growth in lending and total assets for banks and mortgage companies in Norway 1).. Annual growth.. 12-month growth in per cent 2) Jan 2003 –

1) All banks and covered bond mortgage companies excluding branches and subsidiaries of foreign banks in Norway. 2) Quarterly figures pre-1989 are calculated by linear interpolation

1) Sum of all banks and covered bond mortgage companies excluding branches and subsidiaries of foreign banks in Norway, less intragroup items. Source: Norges Bank.. Norwegian banks

Banks’ average lending margin on new mortgages is estimated at –0.05 percentage point at the beginning of October (see Chart 12). As mentioned above, the money market rate is

The price banking groups have to pay for funding in the bond market is often linked to the money market rate, which is reflected in the lending margin, but the

Banks report little change in credit standards for households in Q1, as expected (Chart 2), and no substantial changes are expected in Q2.. Banks report that margins on lending

1) Sum of all banks and covered bond mortgage companies excluding branches and subsidiaries of foreign banks in Norway. Sources: Norges Bank.. In billions of NOK.. Deposits