Today, Banco de Portugal publishes statistics, in Table A.11 of the Statistical Bulletin and in BPstat, on loans granted by the resident financial sector to non-financial corporations and households for July 2019.
Today, Banco de Portugal publishes statistics, in Table A.11 of the Statistical Bulletin and in BPstat, on loans granted by the resident financial sector to non-financial corporations and households for July 2019.
In July 2019 the annual rate of change (a.r.) of loans granted to non-financial corporations decreased by 0.6 percentage points (p.p.) to -0.2% against June (Chart 1).
Private exporting companies recorded an a.r. of -0.6%, a 0.3 p.p. change from the previous month.
The ratio of overdue loans of non-financial corporations declined by 0.1 p.p. to 8.7%. The share of borrowers with overdue loans fell 0.6 p.p. to 20.7%.
The a.r. of loans granted to households stood at 0.4%, having decreased by 0.3 p.p. (Chart 2). By purpose, the a.r. of loans for house purchase decreased by 0.2 p.p., to -0.6%, while the a.r. of loans for consumption and other purposes decreased by 0.8 p.p. to 4.4%.
The ratio of overdue loans of households stood at 3.1%, reflecting a negative change of 0.1 p.p. compared with June. The share of borrowers with overdue loans decreased by 0.2 p.p., to 9.9%.
Next update: 1 Oct. 2019