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There is still public interest in Danmarks Nationalbank's gold stock, although it has been many years since gold played an important role in the cash system and more generally in monetary and foreign exchange policies. The analysis provides an overview of the historical background of the gold stock based on source material from Danmarks Nationalbank's archives at the Danish National Archives.

Danmarks Nationalbank has around 66.5 tonnes of gold. A new analysis provides a general overview of the historical background for Danmarks Nationalbank's gold stock based on source material from Danmarks Nationalbank's archive at the Danish National Archives.

In Danmarks Nationalbank’s lending survey for 3rd quarter 2021 a few of the banks and mortgage institutions report that loan demand from private customers – after a longer period with growth – decreased a bit from 2nd to 3rd quarter 2021. The institutions mention, among other things, less activity in the housing market as a possible explanation of the development. At the same time, almost all the institutions expect that the demand from private customers will be unchanged in 4th quarter as regards loan demand from both existing and new private customers.

On 7 October, Assistant Governor Thomas Harr participated in a panel discussion on where interest rates are heading and the implications. The presentation argues that interest rates can be expected to remain low going forward. Moreover, the presentation discusses how negative interest rates have affected households, firms and banks so far.

Denmark's foreign direct investments (FDI) abroad (outward) amounted to kr. 1,505 billion. This is shown in Danmarks Nationalbank's annual stock statistics for FDI, which are published today. It is kr. 31 billion more than in 2019. Among other things, the Ørsted Group has made significant investments abroad in 2020.

At the theme day of the Association of Danish Mortgage Banks, Lars Rohde addressed the housing market situation. He reiterated Danmarks Nationalbank's recommendations on the Danish housing market. Housing market resilience can and should be strengthened. One way of doing so is by restricting loans with deferred amortisation to the most resilient homeowners.

​In September 2021, the foreign-exchange reserve increased by kr. 18.4 billion to kr. 501.7 billion. The increase reflects Danmarks Nationalbank's net purchase of foreign exchange for kr. 23.5 billion, and the central government's net repayment of foreign debt for kr. 5.1 billion, cf. table 1.