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Thursday, 25.04.2024, 07:21
Lending to eurozone private seBctor picked up in July
Borrowing is a main
financing source for corporate investment, which in turn should boost the
eurozone's currently fragile economy.
The ECB has launched a
raft of policy measures to get credit flowing, most significantly a massive
program to buy public sector bonds to pump liquidity into the system.
The ECB beefed up that
program earlier this year and also launched a scheme of ultra-cheap loans to
banks on condition they hand them on to households and businesses.
Growth in the overall
money supply, known as M3, slowed slightly to 4.8% in July, down from the 5.0% recorded in June, the ECB also said.
The ECB regards M3 money
supply as a barometer for future inflation.
Analysts said the report
could ease pressure on the ECB to take further action to boost the economy at
its governing council meeting next month.
"The ECB will
likely be pretty pleased with the July credit data, and it modestly dilutes the
case for further stimulus at the 8 September policy meeting," Howard Archer of IHS Global Insight
said.