Foreign exchange transactions

Week 43 (22 October – 28 October 2007)
Reporting banks’ net purchases of foreign exchange at spot rates were equivalent to NOK 5.1 billion, and their net sales of foreign exchange at forward rates were equivalent to NOK 6.2 billion. Foreign banks’ net sales of foreign exchange at spot rates were equivalent to NOK 4.2 billion, and financial customers’ net sales of foreign exchange were equivalent to NOK 3.1 billion.

Non-financial customers’ net purchases of foreign exchange at forward rates were equivalent to NOK 2.1 billion, while financial customers’ net purchases of foreign exchange at forward rates were equivalent to NOK 3.9 billion. This week’s net sales of foreign exchange by the reporting banks in the swap market were equivalent to NOK 133 billion.
Next release: 31 October 2007 at 10:00 am.

Tables.xls

Banks' net foreign exchange purchase
 in billion NOK

Week 41

Week 42

Week 43

Spot

5.6

1.5

5.2

Forward

-5.0

-0.1

-6.2

Swap

-127.3

-147.0

-132.7