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Financial market statistics, August 2021

Growth rate of mortgages continued to increase in August

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2021-09-27 9.30

In August 2021, the annual growth rate of mortgages to households from monetary financial institutions was 6.5 percent. The growth rate for lending to non-financial corporations was 1.0 percent. The mortgage rates on new agreements continued to decline and reached historically low levels.

Developments in August 2021 in brief

Lending

  • The annual growth rate of lending to households was 6.4 percent. Mortgages, which account for 82 percent of total lending to households, had an annual growth rate of 6.5 percent. The growth rate of consumption loans was 5.8 percent. Consumption loans account for 6 percent of total lending to households.
  • The annual growth rate of lending to non-financial corporations was 1.0 percent. The growth rate remains low after gradually decreasing during the past year, which can partly be explained by the sharp increase in lending to non-financial corporations at the beginning of the pandemic.
  • In total, lending from MFIs to households and non-financial corporations amounted to SEK 7 184 billion. Loans to households accounted for 64 percent (SEK 4 628 billion) and loans to non-financial corporations accounted for 36 percent (SEK 2 556 billion).
Lending to households and non-financial corporations, annual growth rate

Financial market statistics, August 2021

  • The annual growth rate of mortgages from new institutes on mortgage markets, known as mortgage credit companies, is significantly higher than that of MFIs. The growth rate of mortgages from mortgage credit companies was 43.3 percent in August and accounted for 1.0 percent (SEK 37 billion) of total mortgages to households.

Interest rates on lending and deposits

  • The average interest rate on new agreements for mortgages to households was 1.32 percent, while the average floating rate on mortgages was 1.41 percent. These are the lowest rates since Statistics Sweden began data collection on interest rates.
  • The average fixed interest rate between 1 and 5 years on new agreements for mortgages to households was 1.25 percent. This interest rate is also historically low.
  • The average interest rate on new agreements for lending to non-financial corporations was 1.58 percent, while the floating interest rate for new agreements to non-financial corporations was 1.72 percent. 

Interest rates on new agreements: mortgages and loans to non-financial corporations

Financial market statistics, August 2021

  • Households’ average interest rate on new bank deposits was 0.08 percent. The interest rate on accounts with fixed periods or a limited number of free withdrawals was 0.21 percent.
  • Non-financial corporations’ average interest rate for new bank deposits was 0.02 percent. The interest rate on accounts with fixed periods or a limited number of free withdrawals was 0.01 percent.

Interest rates on new bank deposits: households and non-financial corporations

Financial market statistics, August 2021

About the statistics

The financial market statistics cover mainly monetary financial institutions (MFIs), but also include new institutes on mortgage markets, known as mortgage credit companies. Unless otherwise stated, the statistical news refers to MFIs.

The statistics include balance sheet statistics (including lending and deposits), interest rates, and monetary aggregates. International banking statistics are also published on a quarterly basis.

Definitions and explanations

The financial market statistics are compiled monthly. Revisions of the statistics may occur.

Monetary financial institutions (MFIs) comprise banks, housing credit institutions, finance companies, institutions financing municipalities and companies, monetary securities companies and monetary investment funds (money market funds).

Mortgage credit companies refers to non-MFIinstitutions that have authorisation from Finansinspektionen to issue mortgages. Usually, mortgage credit companies sell the mortgages to alternative investment funds (AIFs). The AIFs included in the financial markets statistics are linked to mortgage credit companies, and whose assets mainly comprise mortgages.

Growth rates are calculated to illustrate the development of transactions as from the corresponding period the previous year. The rates are calculated based on changes in stocks; adjustments are made so that the growth rate is not affected by stock changes unrelated to transactions, for example if an institute is added or removed from the population.

Lending to households is divided into three categories: housing loans, consumer credit, and other lending. The purpose of a loan is not directly measured, but is approximated by categorising lending by type of collateral. Housing loans are defined as loans to private individuals or entrepreneurial households with housing as collateral. Consumer credit refers to lending to private individuals, generally without collateral. Other lending includes all other lending, for example lending to non-profit institutions serving households.

New agreements refer to agreements concluded during a given month. Interest rate statistics on new agreements is a way of measuring the price formation on loans and deposits in a given period. These statistics include all financial agreements in which the terms and conditions affecting the interest rates on deposits and lending are determined for the first time. The statistics also include renegotiations of existing loans and relocation of loans. Changes in floating interest rates due to automatic adjustments are not considered new agreements.

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