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Securities

Large decline in mortgage bond duration

A fall in the long-term interest rates in March contributed to a decline in the average duration of fixed-rate callable mortgage bonds of 1.8 years to 3.1 years. Since the end of last year the duration has fallen by 2.8 years. Callable bonds total kr. 1,043 billion.