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 June 2011
In June, lending by monetary financial institutions (MFIs) to households had an annual growth rate of 6.7 percent. This corresponds to a rate of 6.9 percent in May, and confirms the continuing downward trend. In June 2010, the growth rate was 8.9 percent. MFIs include banks, housing credit institutions and finance companies.
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