Note 16 - Market risk related to interest rate risk

This note is a sensitivity analysis based on relevant balance sheet items as of 31 December 2015. The Bank's interest rate risk is calculated by simulating a parallel interest rate shift for the entire interest rate curve of one percentage on all balance sheet items.

Interest rate risk has been low throughout 2015 and below the maximum limit of 600,000 basis Points at 31 December 2015 set by the Board of Directors. For further details regarding interest rate risk, please refer to Note 6 Risk Factors.

  Interest rate risk, 1 % change
Basis risk Group (NOK million) 2015 2014
Currency    
NOK -20 -15
EUR 1 -1
USD -3 -5
CHF -3 -5
Other 0 -1
Total interest rate risk, effect on result before tax -25 -26

Total interest rate risk suggests that  the Bank will have losses from an increase in the interest rate in 2015. This is the same effect as in 2014.

The table below shows the effect of an interest rate curve shift on various time intervals and the associated gains and losses within the respective maturities.

  Interest rate risk, 1 % change
Interest rate curve risk, Group (NOK million) 2015 2014
0 - 1 month -11 -14
1 - 3 months -1 2
3 - 6 months -10 -8
6 - 12 months 9 9
1 - 2 years -3 -4
2 - 3 years 7 2
3 - 4 years -15 4
4 - 5 years -1 -10
5 - 7 years -1 -4
7 - 10 years 1 -3
Total interest rate risk, effect on result before tax -25 -26

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