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Lending data remain consistent with recession

The euro-zone money and credit data have been very weak all year and September’s data, released this morning, were more of the same. The activity surveys are now turning downwards too, supporting our below-consensus forecasts that the economy contracted in Q3 and is likely to do so again in Q4.

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