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Eurozone: consumer loan growth at its highest rate since 2023


You registered last month had their highest growth rate since early 2023, while lending to businesses declined amid increasing risks to economic growth.

Data issued today, the growth of consumer loans in the during September at a rate of (2.6%) annually, after growing by (2.5%) last August, to record its highest growth rate since March 2023.

Consumer loans in the euro area

At the same time, the annual growth of loans granted to non-financial companies in the region, which includes (20) European Union countries, slowed to (2.9%) last month compared to (3%) during the previous month.

Loans to the entire private sector increased by (2.8%), unchanged from the previous month.

Private sector commitments

At the same time, private sector commitments increased at a steady pace of (2.7%) in September.

The overall money supply in the euro area witnessed an increase by (2.8%) during September after rising by (2.9%) in August.

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