One part of the economy which has not shown much of a pick-up in recent months has been lending to households and firms. However, we are not too concerned about what, at present, is a pretty creditless recovery. Households and firms have plenty of liquid assets at their disposal while private sector spending is receiving support from a number of sources. So sluggish lending growth shouldn’t curtail further expansion in the economy.
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