Money and the financing of the economy 2023Oct

Published on 28 November 2023

The French component of M3 euro area is virtually stable in October as reallocation within deposits carries on
  • Total resident resources of monetary financial institutions (MFIs) included in M3 remained virtually stable in October year-on-year (-0.1%, after +0.4% in September, 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 are monetary aggregate M3 reached +0.7%, stable compared with the previous month.


  • In October, outflows from overnight deposits resumed after a pause in the previous month (-€21.1 bn, after +€0.9 bn in September, see Table 2, seasonally-adjusted data). Outstanding interest-bearing deposits continue to grow (+€8.2 bn, after +€13.0 bn in September), still driven by term deposits with agreed maturity of up to two years (+€8.5 bn in October 2023, after +€13.6 bn in September).


  • On an annualized basis, growth in financing to the private sector continued to slow but remained positive in October, both for households (+1.8% after +2.0%) and non-financial companies (+2.1%, after +2.9%).

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

October 2023 (12-month cumulative flows)

Total assets 114.0 Total liabilities 114.0
Domestic General Government financing 6.5 Resources included in M3 -2.2
Of which loans -3.1 M1 -212.9
Of which securities 9.6 M2 - M1 179.5
Domestic private sector financing 63.8 M3 - M2 31.2
Of which loans to households 31.3 Long-term resources (a) 116.3
Of which loans to NFCs 28.2
Net external assets 45.3
Remaining counterparts (b) -1.5


(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
(in € Bn)
Annual growth
rate (in %)
Flows
(en € Bn) (a)
Oct-2023(p) Sep-2023(r) Oct-2023(p) Sep-2023(r) Oct-2023(p)
Overnight deposits 1,297 -13.2 -14.1 0.9 -21.1
= Domestic resources included in M1 1,297 -13.2 -14.1 0.9 -21.1
Deposits with agreed maturity of up to 2 years 325 89.3 90.8 13.6 8.5
+ Saving accounts 894 3.5 2.9 -0.6 -0.3
= Domestic resources included in M2-M1 1,219 17.3 17.3 13.0 8.2
MMF shares 292 29.4 25.6 16.4 0.5
+ Repurchase agreements 18 -62.8 -63.3 -2.0 0.5
+ Debt securities issued with a maturity of up to 2 years 44 -0.8 5.2 -3.6 -1.8
= Domestic resources included in M3-M2 354 11.3 9.7 10.8 -0.8
Sum of domestic resources included in M3 2,870 0.4 -0.1 24.7 -13.8
+ Monetary external liabilities vis-à-vis other monetary union members 384 15.6 16.1 6.5 5.7
- Monetary external assets vis-à-vis other monetary union members 94 70.5 48.0 3.4 0.3
= French component of euro area monetary aggregate M3 3,160 0.7 0.7 27.8 -8.3
(a) Seasonally-adjusted data.
(p) Provisional
(r) Revised

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Table 3 - Counterparts of domestic resources included in M3
Outstandings
(in € Bn)
Annual growth
rate (in %)
Flows
(en € Bn) (a)
Oct-2023 (p) Sep-2023 (r) Oct-2023 (p) Sep-2023 (r) Oct-2023 (p)
ASSETS 5,564 2.0 2.1 15.7 -2.5
Domestic General government financing (1) 1,156 -0.1 0.6 -4.4 3.0
Of which loans 208 -1.1 -1.5 -1.9 -0.5
Of which securities 948 0.2 1.0 -2.5 3.5
Domestic private sector financing (2) 3,682 1.0 1.8 3.3 27.3
Of which loans to households 1,732 2.0 1.8 0.7 0.9
Of which loans to NFCs 1,344 2.9 2.1 2.4 2.4
Net external assets (3) 295 25.5 20.6 30.3 -36.8
Remaining counterparts (b) (4) 431 0.8 -0.4 -13.5 4.0
LIABILITIES 5,564 2.0 2.1 15.7 -2.5
Long-term resources (c) (5) 2,693 3.8 4.7 -9.1 11.3
Domestic resources included in M3 (1)+(2)+(3)+(4)-(5) 2,870 0.4 -0.1 24.7 -13.8
(a) Seasonally-adjusted data.
(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.
(c) Deposits over 2 years, debt securities issued, capital and reserves, central government deposits.
(p) Proivisional
(r) Revised

Source and production: Banque de France - Direction générale de la statistique, des études et de l'international
Contributions to the growth of the domestic resources included in M3
Contribution of monetary counterparts to growth of the domestic resources included in M3
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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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