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Following the strong push seen just before the official holidays’ week, FC adjusted weekly credit growth decelerated and turned into negative growth on the week ending on June 21st, also taking into account the negative calendar impact.
In April 2024, the balance of traditional bank deposits (sight + term) registered a real YoY growth rate of 3.6%, while the balance of the current credit portfolio granted by commercial banks to the non-financial private sector (NFPS) recorded real YoY growth of 5.6%.
FC adjusted weekly credit growth continued to decelerate for the 2nd week in a row; and turned into negative growth from 1% to -0.06% due to significant deceleration in both commercial and consumer credits in the sector.
FC adjusted weekly credit growth decelerated from 1.6% to almost 1% in the week ending by May 31st due to commercial credits in private banks.
FC adjusted weekly credit growth accelerated strongly from 0.1% to 1.6% in the week ending by May 24th mainly due to both consumer and commercial credits in private banks.
Profitability of the sector is under pressure of high funding costs which continues to be partially offset by fees & commission income. Credit growth will be subdued due to regulationary caps in the very short term.
FC adjusted weekly credit growth decelerated further to 0.1% in the week ending by May 17th due to consumer credits in public banks.
Foreign currency adjusted weekly credit growth decelerated further to 0.3% in the week ending by May 10th. This is due to both commercial and consumer credits in public banks. Total credits’ 13-week annualized trend fell from 36.4% to 35.1%.
Foreign currency adjusted weekly credit growth decelerated to 0.5% on the week ending at May 3rd following the strong increase of 1.5% in the previous week. This is due to both commercial and consumer credits in the whole sector. Total credits’…
In March 2024, the balance of the current credit portfolio granted by commercial banks to the non-financial private sector (SPNF) registered a real annual growth of 4.9%, while the balance of traditional bank deposits (sight + term) registered …
Foreign currency adjusted weekly credit growth has been decelerating since the start of April; and turned into negative weekly growth with -0.22% in the week ending by April 19th, due to both commercial and consumer credits of public banks.
Credit expansion has consolidated several months of timid growth and decreases, explained by supply and demand factors. Strengthening the payment capacity of households and companies, in a scenario of accelerating economic activity, will be key to reactivate the demand for credit.
