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Bank Lending & Broad Credit (Oct.)

Both bank lending and broad credit growth hit fresh lows in October in a sign that monetary easing hasn’t done enough to drive a substantial turnaround in private credit demand. And after last week’s disappointing fiscal package it looks like there isn’t much of a fiscal expansion in the pipeline either, so it seems unlikely that credit growth will pick up much from here.

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