The Riksbank has long been in the practice of compiling "financial market statistics", i.e. statistical data on Swedish financial institutions and the financial markets. Since 1 April 2003 the data are assembled by SCB (Statistics Sweden), on behalf of the Riksbank. The required information has mainly been collected on a monthly basis. Certain information has, nevertheless, been reported quarterly. These statistics are based mainly on the MFI report. The MFI sector consists of banks, housing credit institutions, finance companies, institutions financing municipalities and companies, monetary securities companies and monetary investment funds (money market funds).
These statistics are the responsibility of
The Riksbank
Financial Market Statistics March 2012
Interest rates on household loans from monetary financial institutions (MFIs) continued to drop in March. The average interest rate for new loan agreements to households was 3.94 percent. This is a decrease of 0.11 percentage points compared to February. MFIs include banks, housing credit institutions and finance companies.
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