Doubtful assets of credit to the private sector falling for the first time in 2014 since the beginning of the crisis, more than 24,000 million year on year
MADRID, 6 (EUROPA PRESS)
The Spanish banks granted about 280,000 million euros in new credit to the private sector resident and nonresident between March 2014 and January this year, data released by the Bank of Spain in its latest financial stability report.
The bank informs the agency headed by Luis Maria Linde on the new credit since March 2014. The number reflects the number of new transactions executed by entities and different from those that deal with renewal or refinancing operations.
Meanwhile, acceptance rates of operations that companies do not apply to financial institutions continue to record an upward trend, according to the Bank of Spain, recalling that these rates bottomed in mid-2012.
TYPE IN “moderate” DROP.
As for interest rates of new credit operations The supervisor finds that initiated a “modest decline” in 2014 for both households and non-financial corporations, especially for the latter.
“In short, the recent evolution of credit reflects the contraction the aggregate balance is now less intense than that observed in previous quarters, both in lending to families and non-financial companies that develop other than construction and real estate activities, “says the Bank of Spain.
The agency led by Linde believes that data on volumes granted and interest rates on new business as well as rates of acceptance of applications for loans from the institutions, aimed at the “direction an improvement in credit growth. “
However, the Bank of Spain expected in the coming months continue the process of deleveraging of households and firms in relative terms (GDP). “Although at different speeds (selectively by industry),” he adds.
In addition, the agency certifies that 2014 was the first year since the start of the crisis in the doubtful assets resident private sector credit has declined in absolute terms, more than 24,000 million euros over the year, ie 12.6% year on year.
AT LEAST DOUBTFUL CREDITS TO BUY HOUSES.
This drop occurred doubtful assets for both credit to families and granted to non-financial companies, and among them, is generalized by sector. Specifically, doubtful in credit to households fell by 7.1% in December 2014 compared to the same period last year, with a decline in both credit for house purchases (-5.2%) and accorded for other purposes (-12.2%).
In credit to non-financial corporations decreased doubtful assets 14.5% year on year recorded, especially with regard to the activity real estate and construction, which fell 19.8%.
In this way, the decrease in doubtful assets enabled a favorable trend in the doubtful assets ratio over the past year, which has resulted on-year decline of almost one percentage point in the latest available data. “This drop in the doubtful assets ratio in the last year is noticeable for families and non-financial firms,” says the Bank of Spain
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