STATISTICAL PRESS RELEASE
Loans granted by the financial sector
24|2016
January 2016
1 March 2016
Banco de Portugal publishes today in table A.11 of
the Statistical Bulletin and in BPstat, data on loans
porations is still positive (0.9%), despite decreasing
0.9 percentage points when compared to the pre-
granted by the resident financial sector to non-financial corporations and households for January
2016.
vious month.
Loans granted to households showed a quite similar evolution to that of December 2015, with an a.r.
of -2.2% (Chart 2). For the house purchase loans the
Loans granted to non-financial
corporations
In January 2016, loans granted to non-financial corporations presented an annual rate of change (a.r.)
of -2.0% (Chart 1). The a.r. of exporting private cor
a.r. remains negative (-2.9%), whereas for the consumption and other purposes loans it maintains a
positive value (0.8%).
Chart 1 • Loans to non-financial
corporations – a.r.
Chart 2 • Loans to households – a.r.
6
6
3
3
0
0
in percentage
in percentage
Loans granted to households
-3
-6
-9
-12
Jan/11
-3
-6
-9
Jan/12
Total
Jan/13
Jan/14
Jan/15
Jan/16
Exporting private corporations
-12
Jan/11
Jan/12
Total
Jan/13
House purchase
Jan/14
Jan/15
Additional information available at:
Table A.11 of the Statistical Bulletin
Main indicators statistical domain – loans granted by the financial sector, time series analysis
of BPstat|Statistics online
Statistical Press Release no. 22|2016 – New statistics on loans granted by the resident financial
sector
Next update: 30 March 2016
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Jan/16
Consumption and other purposes