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Financial market statistics, March 2021

Growth rate of lending to non-financial corporations declined in March

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2021-04-29 9.30

In March 2021, lending to non-financial corporations from monetary financial institutions had an annual growth rate of 0.5 percent, which is the lowest rate since 2014. The corresponding growth rate for lending to households was 5.7 percent.

Developments in March 2021 in brief

Lending

  • The annual growth rate of lending to households was 5.7 percent. The growth rate of lending to households has increased in the past six months. Mortgages, which accounted for 82 percent of total lending to households, had an annual growth rate of 5.9 percent. The growth rate for mortgages increased marginally over the past year. The growth rate of households’ consumption loans was 3.7 percent.
  • The annual growth rate of lending to non-financial corporations was 0.5 percent. The growth rate has gradually decreased in the past year and is now at its lowest level since 2014. The low growth rate can partly be explained by the sharp increase in lending to non-financial corporations at the beginning of the pandemic a year ago.
  • In total, lending from MFIs to households and non-financial corporations amounted to SEK 6 987 billion, of which loans to households accounted for 64 percent (SEK 4 495 billion), and loans to non-financial corporations accounted for 36 percent (SEK 2 492 billion).
Lending to households and non-financial corporations, annual growth rate

Diagram: Financial market statistics, March 2021

  • The annual growth rate of mortgages from new institutes on mortgage markets, known as mortgage credit companies, is generally significantly higher than that of MFIs. The growth rate of mortgages from mortgage credit companies was 48.2 percent in March and accounted for 0.86 percent (SEK 32 billion) of total mortgages to households. 

Interest rates on lending and deposits

  • The average interest rate on new agreements for mortgages to households was 1.37 percent, while the floating rate on mortgages was 1.47 percent.

  • The average fixed interest rate between 1 and 5 years on new agreements for mortgages to households was 1.29 percent. This interest rate has declined since April 2020 and is at an historically low level.
  • The average interest rate on new agreements for lending to non-financial corporations was 1.42 percent, while the floating interest rate for new agreements to non-financial corporations was 1.60 percent.

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

Diagram: Financial market statistics, March 2021

  • Households’ average interest rate on new bank deposits was 0.10 percent. The interest rate on accounts with fixed periods or a limited number of free withdrawals was 0.25 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 0.04 percent.

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

Diagram: Financial market statistics, March 2021

About the publication

Statistics Sweden’s monthly publication of financial markets statistics covers mainly monetary financial institutions (MFIs), but also includes new institutes on mortgage markets, known as mortgage credit companies. Unless otherwise stated, the statistical news refers to MFIs.

The publication includes 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 from MFI. 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-MFI institutions 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.

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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The next statistical news in this series is scheduled for publication on 2021-05-28, 09:30.

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