Japanese bank lending rose 2.6 percent from a year earlier in May 2019, following a 2.4 percent increase in the previous month and beating market expectations of 2.5 percent. Loan Growth in Japan averaged 0.01 percent from 2001 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 3.60 percent in December of 2008 and a record low of -5 percent in October of 2002.

Loan Growth in Japan is expected to be 2.30 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Loan Growth in Japan to stand at 2.50 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Japan Bank Lending is projected to trend around 2.40 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2019-03-07 11:50 PM Bank Lending YoY 2.3% 2.4% 2.4% 2%
2019-04-09 11:50 PM Bank Lending YoY 2.4% 2.3% 2% 2.3%
2019-05-13 11:50 PM Bank Lending YoY 2.4% 2.3% 2.3% 2.4%
2019-06-09 11:50 PM Bank Lending YoY 2.6% 2.4% 2.5% 2.3%
2019-07-07 11:50 PM Bank Lending YoY 2.6% 2.2%
2019-08-07 11:50 PM Bank Lending YoY
2019-09-08 11:50 PM Bank Lending YoY


Japan Money Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Interest Rate -0.10 -0.10 9.00 -0.10 percent [+]
Interbank Rate -0.07 -0.07 8.50 -0.12 percent [+]
Money Supply M0 102636.80 102694.50 102694.50 2130.10 JPY Billion [+]
Money Supply M1 801664.10 797908.80 801664.10 3921.00 JPY Billion [+]
Money Supply M2 1029768.30 1026628.70 1029768.30 8404.00 JPY Billion [+]
Money Supply M3 1359787.10 1355714.60 1359787.10 1008505.00 JPY Billion [+]
Central Bank Balance Sheet 567156.50 562035.70 567156.50 4864.50 JPY Billion [+]
Foreign Exchange Reserves 1307975.00 1293499.00 1307975.00 455.00 USD Million [+]
Loans to Private Sector 467616.70 468173.90 536555.80 375948.90 JPY Billion [+]
Deposit Interest Rate -0.09 -0.22 16.25 -0.51 percent [+]
Foreign Stock Investment -95.40 -148.00 1577.40 -2162.40 JPY Billion [+]
Foreign Bond Investment 327.30 1739.70 2549.70 -3072.10 JPY Billion [+]
Private Debt to GDP 229.40 227.00 291.90 227.00 percent [+]
Loan Growth 2.60 2.40 3.60 -5.00 percent [+]


Japan Bank Lending

In Japan, bank lending refers to the year-on-year change of all outstanding loans and discounts with banks and shinkin banks. Lending increases with increased business confidence and investment and it is an important indicator for the Japanese economy because of the weakness that has plagued the Japanese banking sector. This page provides the latest reported value for - Japan Bank Lending - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Japan Bank Lending - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2019.

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
2.60 2.40 3.60 -5.00 2001 - 2019 percent Monthly




Country Last Previous
Brazil 0.00 Apr/19
China 13.40 May/19
Euro Area 3.40 Apr/19
France 5.93 Apr/19
India 12.70 May/19
Indonesia 11.05 Apr/19
Japan 2.60 May/19
Saudi Arabia 2.00 Apr/19
Spain 2.10 Mar/19


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