TOKYO, (Reuters) - - Japanese bank lending rose 3.0 percent in March from a year earlier, the Bank of Japan said on Wednesday.
Outstanding loans held by the country's four main categories of banks, including "shinkin" or credit unions, stood at 513.060 trillion yen ($4.68 trillion).
Following is a table of year-on-year percentage changes in Japanese bank lending and outstanding commercial paper held by banks:
To view the full tables, go to http://www.boj.or.jp/en/statistics/dl/depo/kashi/kasi1703.pdf
(Stanley White)