Are the credit data signalling a slowdown?

Aggregate measures of credit growth in advanced economies have slowed sharply in the past month or two. But this is almost entirely due to weakness in the US, which we do not expect to last. What’s more, a range of other indicators suggest that the financial sector is still in good health.

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