Money and the financing of the economy - 2024-07

Published on the 28th of August 2024

Loans to non-financial corporations keep on growing

  • Loans to the private sector keep on growing in July (+1.5% year-on-year, after +1.8% in June; see Table 3), driven once again by loans to non-financial corporations (+1.8%, after +2.0% in June).


  • Resident resources of monetary financial institutions (MFIs) included in M3 continue to increase, although slightly less rapidly than in June (+2.0% year-on-year in July after +2.3% in June; see Table 2). After taking into account gross monetary liabilities and assets vis-à-vis the rest of the euro area, the annual growth rate of the French component of the euro area M3 monetary aggregate reaches +3.4% (after +3.2% in June).


  • The outstanding amount of overnight deposits falls significantly in July after positive flows in June (-17.9 billion compared to +18.8 billion in June; see table 2), increasing the rate of contraction of M1 over one year (-6.7% after -5.7% in June). These flows are partially offset by the increase in M3-M2 (+14.2 billion), in particular in pensions, while those on remunerated deposits (M2-M1) are slightly down.



Table 1 - France : M3 and the financing of the economy

July 2024 (12-month cumulative flows in €bn)

Total assets 158.7 Total liabilities 158.7
Domestic General Government financing 12.0 Resources included in M3 58.2
Of which loans -2.7 M1 -90.3
Of which securities 14.7 M2 - M1 78.3
Domestic private sector financing 56.4 M3 - M2 70.2
Of which loans to households -0.7 Long-term resources (a) 100.5
Of which loans to NFCs 24.1
Net external assets 84.2
Remaining counterparts (b) 6.2


(a) Deposits over 2 years, debt securities issued, capital and reserves, central government deposits.
(b) Net of inter-MFI assets and liabilities, net of other balance sheet items (financial derivatives, accounting lags, fixed assets), currency in circulation, gold, SDR.

Source and production: Banque de France - Direction générale de la statistique, des études et de l'international
Table 2 - France : monetary resources of monetary financial institutions
Decomposition of French component of euro-area M3 Outstandings
(€ Bn)
Annual growth
rate (in %)
Flows sa
(Bn€)
July-24 (p) June-24 (r) July-24 (p) June-24 (r) July-24 (p)
Overnight deposits 1,266 -5.7 -6.7 18.8 -17.9
= Domestic resources included in M1 1,266 -5.7 -6.7 18.8 -17.9
Deposits with agreed maturity of up to 2 years 369 24.5 17.8 2.2 -1.8
+ Saving accounts 926 2.8 2.8 2.0 1.2
= Domestic resources included in M2-M1 1,295 8.0 6.5 4.3 -0.5
MMF shares 313 12.1 13.8 7.7 1.1
+ Repurchase agreements 61 17.9 51.7 -8.2 14.7
+ Debt securities issued with a maturity of up to 2 years 49 18.7 20.6 1.4 -1.7
= Domestic resources included in M3-M2 423 14.4 20.2 0.8 14.2
Sum of domestic resources included in M3 2,984 2.3 2.0 23.9 -4.2
+ Monetary external liabilities vis-à-vis other monetary union members 420 11.0 16.7 13.9 12.8
- Monetary external assets vis-à-vis other monetary union members 100 3.8 9.9 -4.7 6.9
= French component of euro area monetary aggregate M3 3,304 3.2 3.4 42.4 1.6
(p) Provisional
(r) Revised


Source and production: Banque de France - Direction générale de la statistique, des études et de l'international
Table 3 - Counterparts of domestic resources included in M3
Outstandings
(€ Bn)
Annual growth
rate (in %)
Flows sa
(Bn€)
July-24 (p) June-24 (r) July-24 (p) June-24 (r) July-24 (p)
ASSETS 5,768 4.6 2.8 27.2 -8.6
Domestic General government financing (1) 1,164 0.9 1.0 4.5 0.4
Of which loans 206 -1.2 -1.3 0.0 -0.1
Of which securities 958 1.3 1.6 4.6 0.4
Domestic private sector financing (2) 3,755 1.8 1.5 11.4 7.4
Of which loans to households (c) 1,728 -0.1 0.0 -1.4 0.1
Of which loans to NFCs (c) 1,367 2.0 1.8 2.1 3.2
Net external assets (3) 405 29.6 26.8 -2.8 0.6
Remaining counterparts (a) (4) 445 24.8 1.7 14.0 -17.1
LIABILITIES 5,768 4.6 2.8 27.2 -8.6
Long-term resources (b) (5) 2,785 7.1 3.7 3.3 -4.4
Domestic resources included in M3 (1)+(2)+(3)+(4)-(5) 2,984 2.3 2.0 23.9 -4.2
(a) Net of inter-MFI assets and liabilities, net of other balance sheet items (financial derivatives, accounting lags, fixed assets), currency in circulation, gold, SDR.
(b) Deposits over 2 years, debt securities issued, capital and reserves, central government deposits.
(p) Provisional
(r) Revised



Source and production: Banque de France - Direction générale de la statistique, des études et de l'international
Contributions to the annual growth of the domestic resources included in M3
Contribution of monetary counterparts to the annual growth of the domestic resources included in M3
Source and production: Banque de France - Direction générale de la statistique, des études et de l'international
Additional information
Resources included in M3 (excluding banknotes and coins) consist of investments with a maturity of up to two years held by money-holding agents (households, non-financial corporations, General government excluding central government, insurance companies, pension funds, non-monetary mutual funds, investment firms and special purpose vehicles, for the most part) with monetary financial institutions (MFI).

Monetary financial institutions (MFIs) include credit institutions, finance companies, the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, money market funds and the Banque de France.

Saving accounts include Livret A and Livret Bleu passbooks, sustainable development and solidarity passbooks, home savings accounts, popular savings passbooks, youth passbooks and ordinary passbooks. Regulated savings are partly centralized in the Savings Fund managed by the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations and thus only pass through the banks' balance sheets. Repurchase agreements are temporary purchases of securities by customers (particularly companies, insurance companies and non-money market funds). Debt securities with a maximum maturity of two years mainly comprise Negotiable EUropean Commercial Paper (NEUCP) issued by French banks and subscribed by customers that are not credit institutions or money market funds.

Funding of the economy includes all financing provided by MFIs to the domestic public and private sectors, in the form of loans and securities (debt and equity). For loans to households and nonfinancial companies (NFCs), loans transferred (securitisations) with impact on banks' balance sheets are reintegrated.

Net external assets correspond to the balance (assets minus liabilities) of MFI operations with the rest of the world.

Long-term inflows of MFIs include capital and reserves, debt securities issued by MFIs with a maturity of more than 2 years, deposits with a maturity of more than 2 years and central government deposits.

The item "Remaining counterparts" includes the balance of inter-MFI receivables and liabilities, the net of other balance sheet items (financial derivatives, accounting differences, fixed assets) and currency in circulation.

Growth rates for the outstanding amounts are calculated by adjusting changes in stocks for effects not resulting from economic transactions, in particular corrections for classification errors, but not for exchange rate effects.

The data on outstanding amounts, annual growth rates, and 12-month cumulative flows published in this Statinfo are not seasonally adjusted, but the monthly flow data are.
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Updated on the 27th of August 2024