Definition
Institutional sector that includes all financial institutions and quasi-corporations, except those classified in the "central bank" and "money market funds" subsectors, that are primarily engaged in financial intermediation and whose activities consist of receiving deposits and/or close substitutes from institutional units, and therefore not only from monetary financial institutions, and granting loans and/or investing in securities on their own account.
Further information
Deposit-taking corporations, except the central bank, are classified under sector S.122 of the economic sector classification according to ESA 2010.
Related concepts
- Sectorisation of the economy
- Credit institutions
- Specialised Lending Institutions
- Electronic money institutions
References
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Update date: January 2025
