Loans to non financial corporations 2021Jun

Published on 27 July 2021

Equipment loan remains dynamic

  • The annual growth rate of outstanding loans to non-financial corporations rises by 3.5% in June, after 4.5% in May. This smaller increase reflects a base effect, linked to the strong increase in outstanding loans in spring and summer 2020. However, the level of credit remains high: +14.9% compared to pre-crisis levels two years ago.

  • The base effect of PGEs is particularly visible on treasury loans, whose annual growth rate is contracting over one year (-0.3%, after +3.0% in May), while remaining high over two years (+29.0%). Changes in outstanding treasury loans are close to zero as banks have extended many PGEs over one year.

  • Investment loans remain close to the dynamics of the previous months (+4.9%, after +4.8% in May): continued growth of the real estate component (+4.7%, after +4.5% in May) and near stability of the equipment component (+5.0%, after +5.1% in May) with a monthly flow of EUR 2.8 billion, which exceeds the 5-year average (EUR 2.5 billion).

Outstanding amounts and annual growth rate (not seasonally adjusted)
(Outstanding amounts in EUR Bn, annual growth rates in %)
Annual growth rate
End-of-month level Over one year Over two years
Jun-2021 Apr- 2021 May-2021 Jun-2021 Apr- 2021 May-2021 Jun-2021
Total 1,208 7.5 4.5 3.5 16.3 15.4 14.9
Investment 824 5.0 4.8 4.9 11.2 11.0 10.8
Equipment 508 5.4 5.1 5.0 13.0 12.7 12.6
Real estate 316 4.2 4.5 4.7 8.5 8.3 8.0
Treasury 316 14.2 3.0 -0.3 32.0 29.9 28.9
Other lending 68 8.3 7.5 5.0 13.6 11.8 9.1
Monthly changes in stocks of equipment loans (seasonally adjusted flows)
(Monthly flows in EUR Bn)
Monthly changes in stocks of treasury loans (seasonally adjusted flows *)
(Monthly flows in EUR Bn)
* Seasonal adjusted monthly net flows of other lending to NFC are allocated to treasury loans in proportion to the outstanding amounts.

Source et réalisation : BANQUE DE FRANCE - DIRECTION GÉNÉRALE DES STATISTIQUES, DES ETUDES ET DE L'INTERNATIONAL

Additional information
Growth over 2 years of the outstanding amounts of loans to NFCs

Non-financial corporations include all companies whose main activity is the production of goods and non-financial services. excluding sole proprietor and unincorporated partnerships.
Calculations are made with the aim to give the best possible image of the evolution of the lending activity:
- Loans that have been securitized or sold by credit institutions are considered as remaining in their books
- Accounting changes that are not reflecting economic transactions. in particular write-offs/write-downs. are eliminated
- The impact of statistical modifications in the scope of the MFI sector (e.g. the reclassification of an entity from the non-financial corporations sector to the government sector) is also eliminated
- As FX hedges are unknown. loans in foreign currencies are however taken into account at their face value in Euros at the end of the month

The two-year growth rate is the ratio of the outstanding amount in month m to the outstanding amount in month m-24. Therefore this rate is not annualized.
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Updated on 26 August 2021