- Annual growth rate of broad聽聽increased to 12.3% in December 2020 from 11.0% in November
- Annual growth rate of narrower聽, comprising currency in circulation and overnight deposits, increased to 15.6% in December from 14.5% in November
- Annual growth rate of聽聽stood at 3.1% in December, unchanged from previous month
- Annual growth rate of聽聽stood at 7.0% in December, compared with 6.9% in November
Components of the broad monetary aggregate M3
The annual growth rate of the broad monetary aggregate M3 increased to 12.3% in December 2020 from 11.0% in November, averaging 11.3% in the three months up to December. The聽聽showed the following developments. The annual growth rate of the narrower aggregate M1, which comprises currency in circulation and overnight deposits, increased to 15.6% in December from 14.5% in November. The annual growth rate of short-term deposits other than overnight deposits (M2-M1) increased to 1.8% in December from 1.2% in November. The annual growth rate of marketable instruments (M3-M2) increased to 24.1% in December from 14.4% in November.
Looking at the聽, the narrower aggregate M1 contributed 10.7 percentage points (up from 10.0 percentage points in November), short-term deposits other than overnight deposits (M2-M1) contributed 0.5 percentage point (up from 0.3 percentage point) and marketable instruments (M3-M2) contributed 1.2 percentage points (up from 0.7 percentage point).
From the perspective of the holding sectors of聽, the annual growth rate of deposits placed by households increased to 8.7% in December from 8.3% in November, while the annual growth rate of deposits placed by non-financial corporations increased to 20.7% in December from 20.3% in November. Finally, the annual growth rate of deposits placed by non-monetary financial corporations (excluding insurance corporations and pension funds) increased to 14.5% in December from 11.0% in November.
Counterparts of the broad monetary aggregate M3
As a reflection of changes in the items on the monetary financial institution (MFI) consolidated balance sheet other than M3 (), the annual growth rate of M3 in December 2020 can be broken down as follows: credit to general government contributed 8.1 percentage points (up from 7.6 percentage points in November), credit to the private sector contributed 5.6 percentage points (up from 5.3 percentage points), longer-term financial liabilities contributed 0.3 percentage point (down from 0.4 percentage point), net external assets contributed -0.2 percentage point (as in the previous month), and the remaining counterparts of M3 contributed -1.5 percentage points (up from -2.2 percentage points).
Credit to euro area residents
As regards the dynamics of credit, the annual growth rate of total聽聽increased to 9.6% in December 2020 from 9.1% in the previous month. The annual growth rate of聽聽increased to 22.2% in December from 21.2% in November, while the annual growth rate of聽聽increased to 5.3% in December from 5.0% in November.
The annual growth rate of聽聽(i.e. adjusted for loan sales, securitisation and notional cash pooling) stood at 4.7% in December, unchanged from the previous month. Among the borrowing sectors, the annual growth rate of聽聽stood at 3.1% in December, unchanged from the previous month, while the annual growth rate of聽聽stood at 7.0% in December, compared with 6.9% in November.
