STATISTICAL PRESS RELEASE
36|2016
Banking loans and deposits
February 2016
April 12th, 2016
Banco de Portugal publishes today in table A.9 of
month (-2.2%), reversing the upward trend ob-
the Statistical Bulletin and in BPstat, data on banking loans and deposits vis-à-vis non-financial corporations and households for February 2016.
served since January 2015.
Deposits
In February, the households’ deposits placed with
Loans
In February 2016, the loans granted to non-financial corporations and households continued to
show negative annual rates of change (a.r.), which
stood respectively at -2.6% and -2.4% (Chart 1 ). In
the case of non-financial corporations, the a.r. decreased 0.4 percentage points over the previous
resident banks increased by 291 million euros,
adding to 138.3 million euros at the end of the
month. This increase reflected an a.r. of 4.8%, the
highest since July 2012, continuing the upward
trend observed since the first quarter of 2015
(Chart 2).
Chart 1 • Loans to non-financial corporations and
households (housing) – a.r
Chart 2 • Deposits of households – a.r.
12
12
10
8
8
6
6
4
4
in percentage
in percentage
10
2
0
2
0
-2
-2
-4
-4
-6
-6
-8
Feb/11
Feb/12
Feb/13
Feb/14
Feb/15
Feb/16
Euro Area - NFC
Euro Area - Households
Portugal - NFC
Portugal - Households
-8
Feb/11
Feb/12
Feb/13
Euro Area
Feb/14
Feb/15
Portugal
Feb/16
2
BANCO DE PORTUGAL • Banking loans and deposits
Additional statistical data available at:
Table A.9 of Statistical Bulletin
Monetary and Financial Statistics statistical domain of BPstat|Statistics online
Next update: May 10th, 2016
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