Monetary developments 2019Nov

The French component of the M3 aggregate decelerates slightly

Overnight deposits sustain their dynamic stance while slowing down in November (+ 11.5 % after two months of a + 12.0 % growth). Like the previous month, the growth of domestic resources included in M2-M1 is + 3.5 %, the decrease of deposits with agreed maturity being offset by the robust growth of saving accounts (+ 5.1 %). Despite the progression of MMF shares, domestic resources included in M3-M2 are not growing as fast as they did in October (+ 2.6 % after + 3.6 %). This may be explained by the severe slowdown of repurchase agreements (+ 4.7 % in November after + 17.2 % in October) and, to a lesser extent, by the winding down of debt securities with a maturity of up to two years.

After taking into account monetary assets and liabilities vis-à-vis the other Monetary Union members, the French component of euro area M3 aggregate slows down in November : + 7.3 % after + 7.8 % in October.
France : monetary resources of Monetary Financial Institutions
Outstandings (in € Bn) (a) Annual growth rate (in %) (a)
Nov- 2019 Sep- 2019 Oct- 2019 Nov- 2019
Overnight deposits 1,132 12.0 12.0 11.5
= Domestic resources included in M1 1,132 12.0 12.0 11.5
Domestic resources included in M1, 3-month moving average 11.2 11.6 11.8
Deposits with agreed maturity of up to 2 years 117 9.3 -5.3 -5.2
+ Saving accounts 697 5.2 5.2 5.1
= Domestic resources included in M2-M1 814 5.8 3.5 3.5
Domestic resources included in M2-M1, 3-month moving average 4.2 4.3 4.3
MMF shares 256 -0.5 1.0 1.6
+ Repurchase agreements 22 28.6 17.2 4.7
+ Debt securities issued with a maturity of up to 2 years 60 -4.2 10.4 6.2
= Domestic resources included in M3-M2 338 0.7 3.6 2.6
Domestic resources included in M3-M2, 3-month moving average -0.2 1.1 2.3
Sum of domestic resources included in M3 2,284 7.9 7.5 7.2
Sum of domestic resources included in M3 , 3-month moving average 6.8 7.3 7.5
+ Monetary external liabilities vis-à-vis other monetary union members 243 11.9 15.4 10.1
- Monetary external assets vis-à-vis other monetary union members 54 43.2 36.0 15.8
= French component of euro area monetary aggregate M3 2,473 7.6 7.8 7.3
French component of euro area monetary aggregate M3, 3-month moving average 6.7 7.3 7.6
(a) Seasonally-adjusted data.
Source : Banque de France
Contributions to the growth of the French component of M3
(Annual growth rate in %)
Additional information
The outstanding amount of monetary claims (excluding coins and banknotes) consists of claims with an initial maturity of up to and including 2 years that monetary counterparts (basically households, non-financial corporations, general government excluding central government, insurance corporations, non-money market funds, investment funds and financial vehicle corporations) hold against monetary financial institutions (deposit-taking institutions, sociétés de financement under French law, Caisse des dépôts et consignations, MMF and the central bank).
Saving accounts include regulated saving accounts, i.e. livrets A, livrets de développement durable, comptes d'épargne logement, livrets d'épargne populaire, and non-regulated saving accounts, i.e. livrets jeunes and livrets ordinaires. One part of the amounts held on regulated saving accounts is transferred by deposit-taking institutions to a fund managed by the Caisse des dépôts et consignations; the other part remains in banks' balance sheets. Debt securities with maturity of up to 2 years mainly include certificates of deposit (short term paper) issued by French deposit-taking institutions and subscribed by neither MMF nor deposit-taking institutions counterparts.
Annual growth rates are adjusted for reclassifications and revaluations but not for foreign exchange rate effects.
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