Financial Stability 1/2002

Satisfactory financial stability
1. Summary
2. International developments and securities markets
2.1 The international environment
2.2 Securities markets in Norway
Boxes:
- Implications of the Enron bankruptcy
- Japanese banks increasingly vulnerable
3. Macroeconomic developments and credit risk
3.1 Macroeconomic developments
3.2 Credit growth
3.3 Credit risk associated with lending to households
3.4 Credit risk associated with lending to the enterprise sector
Boxes:
- Household debt burden by category of household income
- How vulnerable are financial institutions to macroeconomic changes?
4. Liquidity risk
Box:
- Counterparty exposure - monitoring systemic risk
5. Risk in payment systems
5.1 International developments
5.2 The Norwegian settlement system
Box:
- The liquidity trend in banks
6. Banks' financial position
6.1 Lending growth and financial strength
6.2 Banks' profits
6.3 Future prospects
The cut-off date for this report was 21 May 2002.
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