Loans to non financial corporations 2022Feb

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Almost unchanged growth rate for loans to NFCs

  • The annual growth rate of outstanding loans to non-financial corporations is quite unchanged in February: +4.1%, after +4.2% in January.

  • Growth in investment loans maintain it's the momentum observed during the last months (+6.1%, after +5.8% in January and +5.6% in December), driven by the equipment component (+6.7%, after +6.0% in January).

  • Over two years, credit growth is still strong: +17.0% for total loans, +36.3% for treasury and +11.7% for investment.
Outstanding amounts and annual growth rate (not seasonally adjusted)
(Outstanding amounts in EUR Bn, annual growth rates in %)
Growth rate
End-of-month level Over one year Over two years
Feb- 22 Dec- 21 Jan- 22 Feb- 22 Dec- 21 Jan- 22 Feb- 22
Total 1,248 3.6 4.2 4.1 16.9 17.5 17.0
Investment 858 5.6 5.8 6.1 11.7 11.7 11.7
Equipment 531 5.7 6.0 6.7 13.6 13.5 13.5
Real estate 327 5.3 5.6 5.2 8.9 8.8 8.8
Treasury 323 -2.3 -0.3 -1.2 34.8 37.9 36.3
Other lending 67 9.6 6.9 5.3 11.3 10.5 9.3
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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STAT INFO - February 2022
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