Bank Lending & Broad Credit (Dec.)

The downturn in credit growth extended in December amid the economic disruption from reopening. But the worst of the disruption may have already passed. The shift toward living with COVID and policy measures to support developers should underpin a recovery in consumer and business sentiment and the property market, boosting appetite for borrowing.

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