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Euro zone business lending picked up in Nov
Published by maria gbaf
Posted on December 30, 2021
1 min readLast updated: January 28, 2026
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Published by maria gbaf
Posted on December 30, 2021
1 min readLast updated: January 28, 2026
Euro zone business lending rose by 2.9% in November, marking a third month of growth. Household lending remained stable, while M3 money supply growth decreased.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Lending to euro zone companies accelerated for the third straight month in November, reversing in part a steady decline in the early part of the year, European Central Bank data showed on Wednesday.
Lending to euro zone businesses expanded by 2.9% last month, a pick-up from 2.5% in October but well below the 7% recorded a year earlier. Household lending growth rose to 4.2% from 4.1%, holding broadly steady over the past six months.
The annual growth rate of the M3 measure of money supply, mostly a reflection of the ECB’s copious bond purchases, dropped to 7.3% from 7.7%, below market expectations for 7.6% growth.
(Reporting by Balazs Koranyi; Editing by Gareth Jones)
The article discusses the increase in euro zone business lending in November, based on ECB data.
Household lending growth rose slightly to 4.2% from 4.1%, maintaining stability over the past six months.
The M3 money supply growth rate dropped to 7.3%, below market expectations.
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