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Posted on March 27, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleEuro zone lending growth accelerated, with firm lending up 2.2% and household credit up 1.5% in February, as ECB data shows a mild expansion.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone lending growth accelerated further last month, suggesting that credit growth bottomed out in late 2024 and a mild expansion is now underway as interest rates fall, European Central Bank data showed on Thursday.
Lending to firms expanded by 2.2% in February, its best level since mid-2023, and above the 2.0% growth a month earlier, the ECB said. Credit to households meanwhile grew by 1.5% after 1.3% a month earlier.
The M3 measure of money circulating in the bloc, often an indicator of future economic activity, grew by 4.0% in February after 3.8% in January, above expectations for 3.8%.
(Reporting by Balazs Koranyi; Editing by Peter Graff)
The main topic is the acceleration of Euro zone lending growth as shown by ECB data, indicating a mild economic expansion.
ECB data shows that lending to firms increased by 2.2% and household credit grew by 1.5% in February.
The M3 measure, which grew by 4.0% in February, is often an indicator of future economic activity in the Euro zone.
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