Norway banks seek higher margins on company loans -c.bank

Sparebank 1 Nord-Norge

16/01/2020 09:01

OSLO, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Norwegian banks expect somewhat
higher margins on their loans to corporations in the first
quarter of 2020, a central bank survey of the banking industry
showed on Thursday.
    In the fourth quarter, loan demand from households and
companies was largely unchanged, as were the credit standards
and conditions that banks applied to those loans.
    Banks expect only marginal changes to the overall credit
demand in the first quarter, Norges Bank added.
    Norway's 10 largest banks participated in the survey,
including industry leader DNB  DNB.OL .

 (Reporting by Terje Solsvik, editing by Victoria Klesty)
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